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AWARDS Meet Democracy Local's Mayor of the Year

''The World Cannot Come Between Us'

The Technocrat and The Local Can Be Friends

Democracy Local's year-end poem is about the relationship at the heart of local governance

Slow March to Accountability

Perseverance—and transparency—score a legal win

A Theme Song for Democracy Local

AI gives this publication a musical theme

A Burning Seasonal Issue

Can locals address haze in a northern Thai city?

#OurDemocracyLocal Plan Tomorrow

South Dakota city residents plan tomorrow with help from national civic leaders.

Citizens Assemblies: The Democracy Upgrade

imagine better democracy

National Election, Local Realities

Where 7 out of 8 mayoral candidates have a public security escort

Young Are Sick of Status Quo

Frustration and South Africa's election

'Local Democracy Is Freedom'

Assessing your own local democracy. 'Evil Does Not Exist' Outside Tokyo. A Caution from Bratislava. Bono for...

How Nepal Camps Deliver Health

Health camps deliver care in rural Nepal. But do they undermine local democracy?

#OurDemocracyLocal Erwin Mayer

Our new feature asks about your local democracy story.