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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...
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...
BEIJING
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES A Mad Way of Gagging Critics
Insurance Scandal Spotlights How Chinese Authorities Detain Dissidents in Psychiatric Facilities
CHENGDU
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Complainants Confined to Psychiatric Detention
Local Authorities in China Put Complainants in Psychiatric Detention 
DELHI
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Battered But Not Beaten
Forced out of Myanmar and Perhaps Soon India, Rohingya Women Refugees Find Ways to Rise
Bangladesh
A Referendum to Reclaim Citizen Power?
When people lose faith in their leaders, can they rewrite the rules that govern them themselves? Bangladesh...
France
France's Direct Democracy Debate: A Battle Won and Lost
A groundbreaking proposal to give citizens real power is shaking up French politics, and the battle lines...
MINATO CITY
LOCAL SNAPSHOT: To Rent a Tokyo Field, Commit to Peace
A Guide for Baseball Reservations Has Non-nuclear Provisions
READINGS
Wayne's New (Democracy) Word: Allocracy
'Allocracy': Governance by Allotted Assembly.
SAN JOSE
COLUMN No More Presidents
A Letter to Gavin Newsom on Why He Shouldn't Be President.
Photo by Joe Mathews
LOS ANGELES
LA Charter Assembly Recommends 1st Council Expansion in a Century
L.A.'s First-Ever Civic Assembly Calls for Expanding the City Council—And Watching It More Closely
LOS ANGELES
LA CHARTER ASSEMBLY Public Comments to the Charter Commission