Democracy Local

TORONTO
READINGS Free Toronto, Free the World?
A Local Report Offers Framework for Global Municipal Autonomy
CASABLANCA
COLUMN On Board the High-Speed Al Boraq to Tangier
Don't Make the Perfect the Enemy of the Fast
HANFORD
COLUMN Remember Mussel Slough!
A 1880 Shootout In Rural California Inspired a New Era of Government
BEIJING
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES A Mad Way of Gagging Critics
Insurance Scandal Spotlights How Chinese Authorities Detain Dissidents in Psychiatric Facilities
CHENGDU
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Complainants Confined to Psychiatric Detention
Local Authorities in China Put Complainants in Psychiatric Detention 
DELHI
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Battered But Not Beaten
Forced out of Myanmar and Perhaps Soon India, Rohingya Women Refugees Find Ways to Rise
MINATO CITY
LOCAL SNAPSHOT: To Rent a Tokyo Field, Commit to Peace
A Guide for Baseball Reservations Has Non-nuclear Provisions
READINGS
Wayne's New (Democracy) Word: Allocracy
'Allocracy': Governance by Allotted Assembly.
SAN JOSE
COLUMN No More Presidents
A Letter to Gavin Newsom on Why He Shouldn't Be President.
Photo by Joe Mathews
LOS ANGELES
LA Charter Assembly Recommends 1st Council Expansion in a Century
L.A.'s First-Ever Civic Assembly Calls for Expanding the City Council—And Watching It More Closely
Photo by The Alaska Landmine - Flickr via Wikimedia, CC 2.0.
ANCHORAGE
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE Walking a Mile in Each Other's Words
Better Public Meetings in Alaska's Biggest City
CHERNOBYL
ZÓCALO Farming in Ukraine Is an Act of Resistance
 Russia Seized or Contaminated Millions of Hectares. Demining & Rebuilding Have Already Begun