Stories - California

Democracy Is Not on My Ballot

Reading ballot measures reveals an intent to confuse

COLUMN A Hole in the Capital Ground

An office building for state will take local parkland and cost $1.2 billion

Local Measures Need a Counter

Two contradicatory ballot measures teach us better than one

After Bay Area, Trump Is Easy

How Kamala Harris learned to take crap.

California Ballot Measures from 2010 via Flickr by Josh Heller

This Poll Makes You Deliberate

A digital version of the Deliberative Poll encourages democracy, more cheaply.

Mexico City Is My Real Capital

In California, we're closer to CDMX than DC. And not just geographically.

Polling place in Surrey, British Columbia (Canada) for global Khalistan referendum

The Global Vote On Sikh Autonomy

The Khalistan referendum is not just about the Punjab. It's a preview of a future with transnational direct...

Voting Rights For Non-Citizens Isn't a Radical Idea

As President wildly goes against democratic rights in the United States, Joe Mathews proposes to transform...

Making Direct Democracy Truly Democratic

When students take three days off work and class to head to the bright sunshine of the California coast, you...

California´s Coming Election Has More in Common With Brexit Than You Think

For a century, politicians in the most populated US state have relied on government-triggered initiatives and...