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SAN FRANCISCO
COLUMN The Antichrist Is No Peter Thiel
The tech billionaire is talking about the Antichrist. Now the Antichrist talks back
Jamaima Afridi for Asia Democracy Chronicles, courtesy Asia Democracy Chronicles. (Jamaima is also that story's author)
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Mexico
Iztapalapa's Utopias Take Top Prize for Participation
Disruptive, free developments in Mexico City's largest borough win the top prize in the 18th edition of the...
Global
VIDEO: 'I Go to Gonzales' 55 Voices of Democracy
Democracy Local in Thomas Mann House's "55 Voices of Democracy" series
United Kingdom
VIDEO 'Big Local' in Wolverhampton
A short film on the Big Local program, and how residents created Big Venture in one England community
Portugal
NEWSLETTER Stop Killing Local Democracy
Attacks on local officials are the most serious attacks on democracy. Global protection is needed.
USA
COLUMN A Local Measure for a New Political Era
Local politicians risk their power to create more colleagues
Germany
NOTE Where Climate Meets Community
A model project combines citizens juries with a referendum
Global
What is the Future of Where?
Bill Fulton, a brilliant thinker on place and local governance, debuts a new Substack, "The Future of Where."
USA
ARCHIVE The Dangers of Unincorporated Communities
From the archive: a book looks at how a serial killer's location—a community that isn't a municipality—let...
USA
COLUMN These Pandas Want to Participate
The San Diego Zoo's new giant pandas suggest that non-citizens and non-humans should have democratic rights.
Global
'Best Practice in Citizen Participation'
40 finalists for the International Observatory of Participatory Democracy awards.