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COLUMN World War 3 Has Come to Your Hometown

Attacks by authoritarian national governments on their own cities aren't just local conflicts. They constitute a global war.

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

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20 Days in the Caucasus

Inspiring struggles for democracy in lands of conflict.

Photo Credit: George M. Groutas via Flickr CC BY 2.0 Deed

What is 'Smart Democracy'?

Also: how to meet me; summer school, vampires, comparing French and Nepali towns

My Local Ballot Is Too Big!

What to do about voter confusion? Here's a tool.

Art Credit; Public domain via Wikimedia.

Dracula Talks Democracy

'Democracy and vampires have much in common' says 600-year-old count

I Wrote the Magna Carta

And You Can Too, Democracy Cities!

Pressure Inspires City Democracy

Don't underestimate Turkey, Ukraine, or democracy cities.

The Revolution in Northern Syria

An extraordinary magazine story on the enduring but unlikely feminist revolution in and around Rojava

Photo credit: Budapest, by Jorge Fraganillo, via Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Deed

Cities Carry Torch of Democracy

In Europe, progressive cities such as Budapest, Amsterdam, Helsinki and Lausanne work to counteract autocrats...

Valley of Silent Screams

Rights violations in communities of Kashmir

How Security Law Puts Us at Risk

Article 23, the new security law, tramples rights and daily life in Hong Kong