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Hungary election
Hungary
The opposition understood the assignment.
The Hungarian 3-step plan to beat an authoritarian.  Autocrats around the world will study Orbán’s successes: how to consolidate power over time, how to reward loyalists, how to weaken watchdogs, and how to loot the state while...
Youth and women empowerment in Nigeria
Member Spotlight
Empowering Youth and Women for Elective Political Power in Nigeria
Following their earlier story, Children and Young People Living for Peace (CYPLP) returns with a second event contribution to the International Democracy Community. This September initiative marked International Democracy Day...
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
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN So Sorry, America, For Counting Votes Slow
Who Knew That Doing Elections Right Is Hurting Democracy?
AUCKLAND
READINGS: A Kiwi Plan for 'Super Cities'
A Worldwide Consolidation of Cities Has an Ambitious New Chapter in New Zealand
Image by Asia Democracy Chronicles
BUNGO REGENCY, Jambi
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Eased Out as Carbon Finance Scales Up
In Sumatra, Local Communities Who Protected Forests Don't Get the Financial Benefits
Image by Joe Mathews using Google Gemini
TEXAS CITY, CALIFORNIA
COLUMN Chuck Norris Is Dead. 'Breaker! Breaker!' Will Live...
Why a Low-Budget 1977 Film About Trucking, Local Government, and Revolt Keeps Getting Better
Via Dane Waters
EL CIELO
READINGS: Is Heaven Governed Well?
A Review of Democracy Giant Dane Waters' New Novel, The Sunday Shift