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KATHMANDU
AWARDS Meet Democracy Local's Mayor of the Year
''The World Cannot Come Between Us'
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ANKARA
NEWS Two Turkish Cities Are Finalists for 'European Capital of Democracy'
Ankara and Denizli Join Brussels and Tirana on Short List
Pakistan
ADC: New Provincial Law Limits Rights, Press
Protection or Pressure?
USA
EVENT Civic Solitude: Why Democracy Needs Distance
Public discussion of the third book in philosopher Robert B. Talisse's democratic trilogy
Canada
VLAHOS: Three Ways to Strengthen Neighborhood Governance
Bottoms-up engagement, community intermediaries, and defeating geography are crucial, writes Nick Vlahos
Global
TRAINING EVENT Do It Yourself Democracy
Free webinars, in English, Spanish and German, Oct 8 and 22, in professional, organizational, and democratic...
Global
DEM NEXT: A First-Ever Tech-Assisted Assembly
Citizens assembly members get to work on youth homelessness in Deschutes County, Oregon
Global
For You and Europe, a New 'Idea Laboratory'
Half of the European Parliament's members are new. This is a moment for your ideas.
ADC: Firing the Messenger
The Wall Street Journal fires a Hong Kong journalist who headed an association of reporters, setting a...
USA
COLUMN: No Camping
Divided localities agree on an enemy: those camping outside.
Global
A Deliberate Provocation; An Experiment in India
Also: an amalgamation assembly and "anticipatory" democracy
Myanmar
ADC: War Reaches Myanmar's Urban Communities
Civil War, once confined to rural areas, forces city dwellers to seek refuge.