Stories

MOSI
COLUMN The Local Assembly Beautiful Enough to Run a Nation
The Kgotla Mixes Democracy, Culture, and Technocracy to Govern Botswana
Germany
The People’s Candidate
The United Nations is choosing its next Secretary-General at perhaps the most precarious moment in its history. The process tells us something uncomfortable about the institution the successful candidate will inherit: the UN has...
LIMA
NATIONAL CIVIC REVIEW The Quiet Power of Participation
A New Book from Peru
LIPA
COLUMN The Future of Democracy Is in Your Local Trash
And That's a Good Thing
OSTERBURG
MEHR DEMOKRATIE When Local Participation Becomes Too Expensive
Cost Stops a Local Assembly Short
CANBERRA
COLUMN Ban Social Media—For Adults!
If Kids Are Going to Be Taken Off Social, They Need Full Democratic Rights
ANDHRA PRADESH
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Drowning on Dry Land
Fish, Debt, and Dangerous Seas Cause Crisis in Coastal Communities
CAMBRIA
COLUMN The California Coast Doesn't Fear Trump, Cause It's Got...
A 50-Year-Old Law Protects the Local
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN This Private Eye Sees the Plot Against His City
A New Syndicate Moves on Sports, Enertainment, Housing, Health, Beaches
OAKLAND
COLUMN A City Dumps a Big Problem on Its People
Can an Assembly on Vacant Lots Fill the Void?
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Botswana
A Beacon in the South: Why Botswana Is the Right Home for the 2026 Global...
Ahead of the 2026 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy, Democracy International looks at the country that...
Photo from Democracy Camp
Germany
Young People Making Participation Accessible to Everyone
Wouldn’t it be great for people to have a tool that would help them determine which mediums of citizen...