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SWI: How A Swiss Innovation Changes Democracy in Japanese Communities

And the Democratic Leadership of a Female Mayor in Tokyo

Jamaima Afridi for Asia Democracy Chronicles, courtesy Asia Democracy Chronicles. (Jamaima is also that story's author)

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APPRECIATION My Afternoon With Mujica

Uruguay's modest revolutionary and president has died

Myanmar (Burma)

ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Post-Disaster Conunudrum

Myanmar's Earthquake Magnifies the Neglect of Local Communities

ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Dams, Disputed Lands, Contested Rights

Indigenous People in the Philippines Battle Over Control of Their Lands

COLUMN The COG in Local Government's Future

A finalist for the "All-America City" award isn't a city at all. It's a council of many governments.

Vörå (Finland)

Letter From Vörå: The Song and Sauna of Local Democracy

A song from Finland's Swedish-speaking and oft-divided region goes to the Eurovision contest

The World's Greatest Comeback

Europe is now the leader of the free world.

photo via NCL

NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE Creating a Democracy Where People Are Heard

In Democratic Practice, It's Time to Go on Offense

CC 3.0. Photo by Sofiia at Adobe Stock

NOEMA Ukranians Are Planning a New, Local Future for Post-Conflict...

With help from cities around the world, a democratic, "Locals First" model emerges.

Courtesy Mathews family

COLUMN 'If Your Mother Says She Loves You, Check It Out'

Learning journalistic and democratic skepticism through my mother-editor.

Photo from the Future of Where

VIENNA AND HOUSTON

FUTURE OF WHERE From Dead Mall to Urban Hotel

Returning the mall to the original Austrian vision.