Democracy Local

COLUMN All Human Rights Are Local

As Nations Trample Rights, Cities Enshrine New Ones

Image credit: Rewrite LA

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

COLUMN: The Cat Mayor of 16th Street On Being Martyred by AI

KitKat Was Killed by a Waymo Robotaxi. But He Lives On.

VIDEO: Democracy From the Ground Up: Participation in Big Cities

An Event, With Reports From Chennai, Bangalore, Mexico City, Kaduna, Los Angeles—And the World

COLUMN: Dear UN, Send Election Observers to California

When international intervention is necessary in sub-national voting.

ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: A Murky Shade of Green

Geothermal ambitions clash with the indigenous peoples of an Indonesian village.

ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: Floating People, Floating Lives

Manta Fisherfolk Spend Lives on Boats Along the Bukhainagar River, a front line of the climate crisis

POLL: Which City Should Be the New Home of the UN Headquarters?

With the U.S. Falling Into Autocracy, the U.N. Needs a New City to Call Home. What's Your Choice?

VITORIA GASTEIZ

LOCAL SNAPSHOT: ALDA's Antonella Valmorbida

'The Local Space Is the Space Of Innovation'

BRAMPTON, ONTARIO

LOCAL SNAPSHOT: Deputy Mayor Harkirat Singh

'It's A Three-Year Roadmap. We'll See How Effective These AI Public Projects Are'

LOCAL SNAPSHOT: Mayor Luis Barcala

'We apply AI to make urban governance more people-centered'

LOCAL SNAPSHOT: Mayor Alireza Zakani

'Small Steps at Local Scale Can Be a Starting Point to Huge Transformation'