Democracy Local

LOS ANGELES
COLUMN The Mayor From Jaws Can Save Our City
Larry Vaughn Is Perfect for a City Determined to Ignore Serious Threats
BANGKOK
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Across Asia, Youth Demand for Reform
Asia Democracy Network's 2026 Democracy Overview Tackles, Youth and Power Across Asia
Global
What is the Future of Where?
Bill Fulton, a brilliant thinker on place and local governance, debuts a new Substack, "The Future of Where."
USA
ARCHIVE The Dangers of Unincorporated Communities
From the archive: a book looks at how a serial killer's location—a community that isn't a municipality—let...
USA
COLUMN These Pandas Want to Participate
The San Diego Zoo's new giant pandas suggest that non-citizens and non-humans should have democratic rights.
Global
'Best Practice in Citizen Participation'
40 finalists for the International Observatory of Participatory Democracy awards.
USA
ARCHIVE Why Local Food Vendors Belong in Prison Yards
An inmate writes about how food connects a town and its prison.
India
ADC: Voicing Out Through Local Votes
Despite suspicions of dirty tactics by central govenrment, Kashmir's voters went to the polls during...
USA
MAP Healthy Democracy Ecosystem
The first comprehensive look at the organizations working to improve democracy in the U.S.
Global
Democracy Isn't Declining. The Nation-State Is
Local democracy increases—and offers an answer to the faltering nation-state
Pakistan
ADC: New Provincial Law Limits Rights, Press
Protection or Pressure?
USA
EVENT Civic Solitude: Why Democracy Needs Distance
Public discussion of the third book in philosopher Robert B. Talisse's democratic trilogy