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NOEMA Ukranians Are Planning a New, Local Future for Post-Conflict Reconstruction
With help from cities around the world, a democratic, "Locals First" model emerges.
Myanmar (Burma)
Abusing a Disaster
The Myanmar junta builds power with ruins. Citizens are not only ignored in the aftermath of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake of March 28 2025, but instead abused in their vulnerability, as the junta lunges for more ground among the...
France
COLUMN Stop the Democracy In-Fighting
We need democracy ecosystems, not democracy waves.
USA
COLUMN A Hole in the Capital Ground
An office building for state will take local parkland and cost $1.2 billion
Global
Local Democracy Is Rebellion
it grows strong in hard ground
USA
This Small Farm Town Puts Kids First
The Gonzales Way of Democracy
Ukraine
COLUMN How Ukraine's Cities Led in Democracy
Before the war, award-winning localities.
USA
COLUMN: Will City Hall Save Us From the Body Snatchers?
Local government vs the planetary threat
Image of people participating in a conversation
South Africa
Reviving the Promises of the Freedom Charter: Participatory Democracy for...
The Freedom Charter, adopted by activist groups in 1955 during the early years of the apartheid regime,...
Germany
PODCAST: Germany's MMP Electoral System and Its Reform with Armin...
Global
Democracy Local: An Introduction
Welcome to a new planetary publication, about local democracy, and of, by and for everyday people governing...
USA
EL PAÍS: Kamala y California
Durante su carrera en el Estado, la actual candidata presidencial se limitó a hacer su trabajo de forma...