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ECHAGUE
LOCAL SNAPSHOT Mayor Inno Dy of Echague, the Philippines
'Recyclables for Rice" Offers Food Security, Cleaner Neighborhoods, and a Better Environment
Image credit: OECD
BOGOTA
READINGS How to Become a Better Municipal Copycat
OECD Toolkit Can Teach Your City How to Steal (Ideas)
NUEVA VIZCAYA
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Pressured Lands, Fractured Lives
Local Communities Suffer in Global Race for 'Transition Minerals'
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN Are We All Becoming Jeffrey Lebowski?
California Trends Toward 'The Dude' of Cult Film
EVERYWHERE
PEOPLE POWERED Democracy Stories Lab
Calling All Creators
Photo of Vienna Rathaus by Joe Mathews
VIENNA
NEWSLETTER Will Tangier Change the World?
Also: Amsterdam AI, Budapest Lessons, Santa Marta's Climate Finance Declaration;
KARAKOL
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Karakol, Kyrgyzstan
Thirsting for Democracy, at One of World's Largest Freshwater Lakes
RALEIGH
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE Citizens Assembly in U.S. South Makes Progress
North Carolina's Capital Makes History and Housing Policy
MEXICO CITY
What If the World Cup Were Decided by Democracy?
Welcome to the World Cup of Democracy. Here are the Group Stage Winners
Delegates to the Los Angeles Charter Civic Assembly, March 8, 2026 (Photo by Joe Mathews)
LOS ANGELES
OPEN LETTER Residents Call on City Council: Let the People Govern!
A Demand to Respect Charter Reforms From Commission and Sortition-Selected Assembly
Image by Asia Democracy Chronciles
SIKKIM STATE
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Guardians of the Rangelands
Once Displaced, Pastoralists Are Now Proud Custodians of Kanchenjunga in India's Northeast  
HONG KONG
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: Jimmy Lai—What Price Freedom?
The Tycoon's Rise Was Fueled by the Same Convictions That Led Him to Risk His Fortune for His City