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MOSI
COLUMN The Local Assembly Beautiful Enough to Run a Nation
The Kgotla Mixes Democracy, Culture, and Technocracy to Govern Botswana
Jamaima Afridi for Asia Democracy Chronicles, courtesy Asia Democracy Chronicles. (Jamaima is also that story's author)
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LOS ANGELES
COLUMN This Private Eye Sees the Plot Against His City
A New Syndicate Moves on Sports, Enertainment, Housing, Health, Beaches
ANDHRA PRADESH
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Drowning on Dry Land
Fish, Debt, and Dangerous Seas Cause Crisis in Coastal Communities
CAMBRIA
COLUMN The California Coast Doesn't Fear Trump, Cause It's Got...
A 50-Year-Old Law Protects the Local
OAKLAND
COLUMN A City Dumps a Big Problem on Its People
Can an Assembly on Vacant Lots Fill the Void?
INDEPENDENCE, CA
COLUMN Modest Proposal: Reopen Manzanar
WW2 Concentration Camps Fit ICE's Needs Tody
TORONTO
READINGS Free Toronto, Free the World?
A Local Report Offers Framework for Global Municipal Autonomy
JAKARTA
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES How to Retool for Resilient Democracy
Defending Democracy Needs More Savvy and Sacrifice From Civil Society
CASABLANCA
COLUMN On Board the High-Speed Al Boraq to Tangier
Don't Make the Perfect the Enemy of the Fast
COLOMBO
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Memories OK, Déjà Vu No
Sri Lanka Struggles with Past, Copes With Present
VIENNA
COLUMN Arnold, Kamala, and A Little Night Music
'We Are Unstoppable' And Other Climate Optimism