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Democracy Resilience Doesn't Exist; Your AI 'Civic Assistant': Write Us a Letter From World War 3

Also: Crypto in a Kenyan slum, intro of the Planetary Panchayat, West Sahara boomtown

Jamaima Afridi for Asia Democracy Chronicles, courtesy Asia Democracy Chronicles. (Jamaima is also that story's author)

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CARNEGIE: In Online Democracy, Fun Is Imperative

Mystery draws people to digital democracy—from Riga to Buenos Aires

EVENT: What Alliances Do We Need in Perilous Times?

March 13, 19.00-21.00 (Pacific), online and in-person

Photo Via Flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

If at First You Can't Secede, Try to Get Kicked Out

Please Mr. Trump—Deport California!

Via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0

The United Kingdom

NOEMA: Trespassing for the Common Good

In England, a movement for democracy and mobility encourages trespassing on private land.

This is republished from the National Civic League. Photo via Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0

NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE: We've Gotta Stop Meeting Like This

A Colorado city pilots a new way of gathering.

Photo credit: Todd Gloria on Instagram

Why Legislators Don't Make Great Mayors

The trouble with leaders in LA, San Diego, and elsewhere

Photo by Arsenie Coseac, via Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0

FUTURE OF WHERE: Will People Move Away From Risky Areas? Should We Help?

A new approach to the question of leaving, or staying, post-disaster

Photo by Joe Mathews

LA TIMES: Can Fire Cities Govern Together?

Mutual aid is great. Joint work on new strategies and tools for preventing fires would be better.

A Florida Fish and Wildlife officer helps to evacuate a flooded Florida neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton on October 10, 2024. Florida Fish and Wildlife photo from their Flickr account. Image has been cropped and brightened. Used under a Creative Commons license.

ZÓCALO: Letters from Local Disasters

Reflecting on the lessons of emergencies in Mexico City, Islamabad, and Hendersonville

Illustration from Asia Democracy Chronicles

ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: Meet the Solar Sisters

Women light up villages and irrigate fields with solar gadgets they make and sell.