Stories - local democracy

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The Democracy Column

Driving Through Fire in My Hometown

Our local fires aren't unbelievable. We are.

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COLUMN A Rap Feud's Lessons for Locals Fighting a Ruling Demagogue

What would Kendrick Lamar do? The California hip hop artist shows how to beat Drake, Trump and other hegemons

Your Local Community

A Model Local Law for Calling & Funding Citizens Assemblies

Democracy Local produced a draft law. How would you change it?

COLUMN Indonesia's Interim Plot Against Local Democracy

Decentralization made Indonesia democratic. Now the national government uses military and intelligence...

You and Me (and Local Democracy) Against the World

Also: Bogota and Mumbai advances, beyond-human experiments, and a democracy capital switch.

The Democracy Column

Democracy Is Not on My Ballot

Reading ballot measures reveals an intent to confuse

SPECIAL REPORT: How to Achieve Local Autonomy

California is a case study of local governance and autonomy in the world's most powerful nation.

COLUMN These Pandas Want to Participate

The San Diego Zoo's new giant pandas suggest that non-citizens and non-humans should have democratic rights.

The Democracy Column

Democracy Isn't Declining. The Nation-State Is

Local democracy increases—and offers an answer to the faltering nation-state

ADC: Firing the Messenger

The Wall Street Journal fires a Hong Kong journalist who headed an association of reporters, setting a...