Democracy Local

Aspen, Colorado, city hall. Photo by Joe Mathews
NAIROBI
NEWSLETTER: Facts Won't Save Democracy; Nor Will Voting; City Twin on Fire
Also: 'Allocracy," Ukraine Farming, Municipal Mandates Exceed Borders
Bjarney Högnadóttir and her husband are opening the first grocery store after the evacuation
GRINDAVIK (ICELAND)
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Grindavik
Icelandic Harbor City, Evacuated After Volcanic Eruption, May Come Back
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN: Dear UN, Send Election Observers to California
When international intervention is necessary in sub-national voting.
FLORES ISLAND
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: A Murky Shade of Green
Geothermal ambitions clash with the indigenous peoples of an Indonesian village.
BARISHAL
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: Floating People, Floating Lives
Manta Fisherfolk Spend Lives on Boats Along the Bukhainagar River, a front line of the climate crisis
NEW YORK
POLL: Which City Should Be the New Home of the UN Headquarters?
With the U.S. Falling Into Autocracy, the U.N. Needs a New City to Call Home. What's Your Choice?
ALICANTE
LOCAL SNAPSHOT: Mayor Luis Barcala
'We apply AI to make urban governance more people-centered'
VITORIA GASTEIZ
LOCAL SNAPSHOT: ALDA's Antonella Valmorbida
'The Local Space Is the Space Of Innovation'
BRAMPTON, ONTARIO
LOCAL SNAPSHOT: Deputy Mayor Harkirat Singh
'It's A Three-Year Roadmap. We'll See How Effective These AI Public Projects Are'
TEHRAN
LOCAL SNAPSHOT: Mayor Alireza Zakani
'Small Steps at Local Scale Can Be a Starting Point to Huge Transformation'
GOTHENBURG
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Gothenburg
The World's Biggest Local Democracy Unit, on the Swedish West Coast
ORZHYTSIA
LOCAL SNAPSHOT: Mayor Olena Sydorenko
'The War Has Not Stopped Openness. The War Has Made Openness Essential'