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LOS ANGELLES
Everyday People Will Get Paid to Change Their Own City Council
Look for this Postcard in the Mail. Sortition Begins in Historic LA City Charter Assembly
ANKARA
NEWS: Two Turkish Cities Are Finalists for 'European Capital of Democracy'
Ankara and Denizli Join Brussels and Tirana on Short List
USA
EL PAÍS: On Kamala & California
California is too exceptional to explain the vice president.
USA
COLUMN: Will City Hall Save Us From the Body Snatchers?
Local government vs the planetary threat
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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...
Ride the Democratic Wave poster by Democracy International
European Union
Turning the Tide: The Need for Democracy Champions in the European...
Ahead of the European elections, we ran our Democratic Wave campaign together with FIDE – Europe to mobilise...
USA
COLUMN: Rudest City Council Ever?
An extraordinary report on local misbehavior
Laos
A Mine and the Village Water
A leak from a rare-earth mine threatens villages in northern Laos
USA
Local Measures Need a Counter
Two contradicatory ballot measures teach us better than one
Pakistan
The Longest Sit-In
An agreement, and confusion, follows protests in a border city
Denmark
NEWSLETTER: Free Alexei Gorinov
Summer films, songs & reading, in local democracy. Also: Dem Next to Kashmir