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ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Victimized By Climate and Trafficking in the Forest
In Towns and Villages of India's Mangrove Forest, Climate Change Spurs Trafficking
Jamaima Afridi for Asia Democracy Chronicles, courtesy Asia Democracy Chronicles. (Jamaima is also that story's author)
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BAKERSFIELD
COLUMN How Opposition Might Save High-Speed Rail
Trump, by Trying to Kill a Project, May Save It
ZURICH
SWI Does Democracy Make the World More Peaceful?
Since 1945, scholars and pundits have said that democracy enhances peace. But is that true?
PHNOM PENH
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: Scams, Leaks, Border Disputes
Some See the Shadow of Local 'Scam' Hubs in Cambodia-Thailand Conflict
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN Move the 2028 Olympics to a Different City
Trump Is Weaponizing the Games Against Los Angeles
GARBERVILLE
COLUMN How Local Authorities Can Arrest Federal Agents
The Case of an Unarmed Hippie Takes on New Relevance
SRINAGAR (KASHMIR)
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES A Long, Long Night in the Valley
Beneath the roaring jets lies a valley haunted by unending violence
Photo Courtesy of IOPD
Newsletter
Democracy Resilience Doesn't Exist; Your AI 'Civic Assistant...
Also: Crypto in a Kenyan slum, intro of the Planetary Panchayat, West Sahara boomtown
SACRAMENTO
COLUMN Don't Run Kamala! Save Local Democracy Instead
VP Harris Should Start a New Authority to Defend Local Autonomy
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN What Churchill Would Tell a Besieged City
"We shall fight on the beach... on the freeways... and in the Home Depot parking lots"
LONGUEUIL (QUEBEC)
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE Even the Losers Embrace the Outcome
On Citizens' Assemblies and Losers' Consent