Democracy Local

COLUMN All Human Rights Are Local

As Nations Trample Rights, Cities Enshrine New Ones

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Everyday People Will Get Paid to Design Their Own City Council

Look for this Postcard in the Mail. Sortition Begins in Historic LA City Charter Assembly

Valley of Silent Screams

Rights violations in communities of Kashmir

How Security Law Puts Us at Risk

Article 23, the new security law, tramples rights and daily life in Hong Kong

How Belgium Leads the Way

Belgium is a democratic innovator. What can the world learn from its example?

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How a Small City Won Big

Why you should root for small and smart West Sacramento, not its new home team.

California Ballot Measures from 2010 via Flickr by Josh Heller

This Poll Makes You Deliberate

A digital version of the Deliberative Poll encourages democracy, more cheaply.

Mexico City Is My Real Capital

In California, we're closer to CDMX than DC. And not just geographically.

How Culture Frustrates Democracy

Our patriarchy and economic obsessions have slowed democracy—and inspired backlash.

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Make Your Council Bigger

Better cities have bigger city parliaments.

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The Meaning of Irish Defeat

A Roundup from Barcelona to Nelson Mandela Bay

CC 4.0 license. Demonstration in Hong Kong north coast against pseudo-universal suffrage., 2015

Make Voting Rights Universal

Truly universal suffrage doesn't exist. Let's change that.