Stories

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
Photo by Asia Democracy Chronicles
CHALITATALI VILLAGE
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Preparing to Survive
Anticipatory Action Helps Bangladesh's Communities Limit the Destruction of Natural Calamities
SUMATRA
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Profits Over Forests Lead to Floods
Indonesia's Devastating Flash Floods Traced to Disappearing Forests  
Public domain via Wikimedia, Press Information Department - pressinform.gov.bd
DHAKA
READINGS: Is the 'July Charter' a New Opening for Local Power?
4 Charter Items in Bangladesh Open Doors to Local Autonomy—and Stronger Finance
Member Spotlight
From Gezi to Today: A Generation Refusing to Be Silent in Türkiye’s...
For a generation of young people in Türkiye, democracy has never been something settled. It has been...
Member Story
Censorship Around the World: The Cases of Türkiye, Myanmar & the...
The deliberate suppression or restriction of access to certain parts of works, or entire works, deemed...
Photo by Joe Mathews
BARCELONA
NEWSLETTER 'City as Mesh.' Global Municipal Bank. Can Locals...
ALSO: History in LA; Silence Beats Monuments; Synthetic Democracy
Member Story
Beyond Solidarity: The Complex Reality of Integrating 4 Million Ukrainian...
Three years after the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive, EU member states face diverging...
BRUSSELS
EVENT What If Citizens Could Shape Climate Policy?
In Brussels, March 2-3
compiled by Joe Mathews with Google Gemini
WATCHING
COLUMN One Local Place After Another
A Prize-Winning Film Gets Local Geography Wrong—And Grabs Tax Credits
by Joe Mathews, using Google Gemini
SACRAMENTO
COLUMN Plutarch, Newsom, and The Nature of Horse Races
The Ancient Struggle for Democratic Leadership Is Internal