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...
Photo of Lichtlabor, courtesy of Democracy International
European Union
LightLab Democracy: What is the responsibility of Europe in the world?
From 15 to 19 April 2026, we brought together 137 participants, including guests from ten countries, at the...
BUDAPEST
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Budapest
Watching How Local Democracy Made Orban's Defeat Possible
LOS ANGELES
Democracy Local Is a New Regional Partner of Consul Democracy
Consul Democracy Is a Complete Citizen Participation Too for Open, Transparent, Democratic Government
LOS ANGELES
VIDEO Voices From the First Citizens Assembly in Los Angeles
The sortition lottery-selected group urged historic changes to LA's charter
Banner image by Asia Democracy Chronicles
CHIRANG DISTRICT
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Bhutan's Blind Spot
In Land of Himalayan Happiness, Political Prisoners Spend Decades In Decrepit Jails
DIYAKAPILA
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Halting Fights Between Locals & Elephants
Sri Lankan Governments Ignore a Science-Based Mitigation for Human-Elephant Conflict
Photo via Oklahoma City government
OKLAHOMA CITY
INTERVIEW America's Most Popular Mayor, America's New Olympic...
David Holt Says His Now Olympic City Succeeds Because "We Invest In Ourselves"
CALIFORNIA
COLUMN Reform Is Coming. Just Wait 100 Years
California Spends the 2020s Instituting Reforms From the 1920s.
MEXICO CITY
LOCAL SNAPSHOT Mayor Clara Brugada
'The Poor Come First, and For the Poor, Only the Best'
BRUSSELS
AWARDS: Brussels Is Named the Next 'European Capital of Democracy...
The Municipality of Brussels—Not the Dysfunctional Capital Region, Not the EU—Wins