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COLUMN The Local Assembly Beautiful Enough to Run a Nation
The Kgotla Mixes Democracy, Culture, and Technocracy to Govern Botswana
Jamaima Afridi for Asia Democracy Chronicles, courtesy Asia Democracy Chronicles. (Jamaima is also that story's author)
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USA
EL PAÍS: On Kamala & California
California is too exceptional to explain the vice president.
USA
COLUMN: Will City Hall Save Us From the Body Snatchers?
Local government vs the planetary threat
USA
COLUMN: Rudest City Council Ever?
An extraordinary report on local misbehavior
Laos
A Mine and the Village Water
A leak from a rare-earth mine threatens villages in northern Laos
USA
Local Measures Need a Counter
Two contradicatory ballot measures teach us better than one
Pakistan
The Longest Sit-In
An agreement, and confusion, follows protests in a border city
Denmark
NEWSLETTER: Free Alexei Gorinov
Summer films, songs & reading, in local democracy. Also: Dem Next to Kashmir
Germany
Olympic Bid Hurt Local Democracy
Democracy killed an Olympic bid. But the bid also damaged democracy.
USA
The Real 'San Francisco' Airport?
A battle over airport names and city branding.
USA
After Bay Area, Trump Is Easy
How Kamala Harris learned to take crap.