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Citizens for Climate
Germany
Insights from two Citizens for Climate Participation Pop-Ups in Denmark and Belgium
  Climate change is a challenge that affects everyone, but not everyone gets the same opportunity to have a say in how we respond to it. Across Europe, new ways of involving people in climate decisions are emerging. Citizens'...
JAKARTA
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES How to Retool for Resilient Democracy
Defending Democracy Needs More Savvy and Sacrifice From Civil Society
USA
LETTER A New Golden Age of Local Democracy?
The takeover of elections by the rich offers an opening.
USA
Elon Musk Picked on the Wrong Local Agency
Voter-created commission to protect California's coast could be a planetary model.
USA
Why Trumpism Had Already Won
Protecting democracy requires futuristic vision, not co-opting authoritarian ideas.
Global
FUTURE OF WHERE The Exurban Metropolis
Cities and suburbs have evolved to be sustainable. Can exurbs do the same?
USA
Democracy Is Not on My Ballot
Reading ballot measures reveals an intent to confuse
Local 'Boss Trumps'
Democracy SOS reports: Research into 200 Democratic counties that embraced Trump reveals local political...
India
Shut Out of Siliguri
Asia Democracy Chronicles reports: Local Nepalese communities that relied on healthcare in India find it...
USA
SPECIAL REPORT: How to Achieve Local Autonomy
California is a case study of local governance and autonomy in the world's most powerful nation.
Mexico
Iztapalapa's Utopias Take Top Prize for Participation
Disruptive, free developments in Mexico City's largest borough win the top prize in the 18th edition of the...
Global
VIDEO: 'I Go to Gonzales' 55 Voices of Democracy
Democracy Local in Thomas Mann House's "55 Voices of Democracy" series