Democracy Local

Gonzales Youth Council members, past and present. Photo by Joe Mathews
GONZALES
COLUMN The Best City Council Never Grows Up
A Small Town's Powerful Youth Council Turns 10—And Opens a $28 Million Center
MEXICO CITY
COLUMN All Human Rights Are Local
As Nations Trample Rights, Cities Enshrine New Ones
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Global
Cities Carry Torch of Democracy
In Europe, progressive cities such as Budapest, Amsterdam, Helsinki and Lausanne work to counteract autocrats...
India
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
Logo of the Brussels Citizens Assembly
Belgium
How Belgium Leads the Way
Belgium is a democratic innovator. What can the world learn from its example?
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USA
How a Small City Won Big
Why you should root for small and smart West Sacramento, not its new home team.
California Ballot Measures from 2010 via Flickr by Josh Heller
USA
This Poll Makes You Deliberate
A digital version of the Deliberative Poll encourages democracy, more cheaply.
Mexico
Mexico City Is My Real Capital
In California, we're closer to CDMX than DC. And not just geographically.
How Culture Frustrates Democracy
Our patriarchy and economic obsessions have slowed democracy—and inspired backlash.
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Global
Make Your Council Bigger
Better cities have bigger city parliaments.
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Bangladesh
Waiting in Pain
In Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts, Indigenous people tell Asia Democracy Chronicles that they are at...