Democracy Local

NEW YORK CITY
MEMO We Govern the Way We Campaigned: Together
The Question of Your Transition, Mr. Mayor-Elect, Is How to Institutionalize the Democratic Energy That Brought You Here
POEM
The Technocrat and The Local Can Be Friends
Democracy Local's year-end poem is about the relationship at the heart of local governance
ADDIS ABABA
NEWSLETTER: The Planetocracy Is Coming, So Wear Your White Hats
Also: Impact Investing Against Democracy; Sub-Saharan Local Covenant; Cat-Mayor-Martyr
COPENHAGEN
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO? Copenhagen
At a Local Election That Captured the Public Imagination
BANGKOK
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: Our Era of 'Performative' Democracy
Asia Democracy Network Finds 'Democracies' Suppress Dissent, Erode Accountability, Consolidate Elite Power
SACRAMENTO
COLUMN: The Write-In Candidate Is an Insurance Policy
A Top Two System and a Strange Governor's Race Create Peril
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN: How America Became Too Crazy for Califonia
The U.S. Is No Good at Being Nuts. Best to Leave That to the Golden State
LOS ANGELES
PLEASE DONATE: A Historic Democracy Opportunity for LA
A Plan to Have a Sortition-Lottery Based Assembly of Everyday Angelenos Rewrite the City Charter Lacks the...
SAN FRANCISCO
COLUMN: The Cat Mayor of 16th Street On Being Martyred by AI
KitKat Was Killed by a Waymo Robotaxi. But He Lives On.
BANGALORE
VIDEO: Democracy From the Ground Up: Participation in Big Cities
An Event, With Reports From Chennai, Bangalore, Mexico City, Kaduna, Los Angeles—And the World
Image created by Joe Mathews with Google Gemini
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN: Dear UN, Send Election Observers to California
When international intervention is necessary in sub-national voting.
BARISHAL
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: Floating People, Floating Lives
Manta Fisherfolk Spend Lives on Boats Along the Bukhainagar River, a front line of climate crisis