Stories

KARAKOL
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Karakol, Kyrgyzstan
Thirsting for Democracy, at One of World's Largest Freshwater Lakes
Hungary election
Hungary
The opposition understood the assignment.
The Hungarian 3-step plan to beat an authoritarian.  Autocrats around the world will study Orbán’s successes: how to consolidate power over time, how to reward loyalists, how to weaken watchdogs, and how to loot the state while...
CHERNOBYL
ZÓCALO Farming in Ukraine Is an Act of Resistance
 Russia Seized or Contaminated Millions of Hectares. Demining & Rebuilding Have Already Begun
Photo by Asia Democracy Chronicles
CHALITATALI VILLAGE
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Preparing to Survive
Anticipatory Action Helps Bangladesh's Communities Limit the Destruction of Natural Calamities
SUMATRA
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Profits Over Forests Lead to Floods
Indonesia's Devastating Flash Floods Traced to Disappearing Forests  
Public domain via Wikimedia, Press Information Department - pressinform.gov.bd
DHAKA
READINGS: Is the 'July Charter' a New Opening for Local Power?
4 Charter Items in Bangladesh Open Doors to Local Autonomy—and Stronger Finance
Member Spotlight
From Gezi to Today: A Generation Refusing to Be Silent in Türkiye’s...
For a generation of young people in Türkiye, democracy has never been something settled. It has been...
Member Story
Censorship Around the World: The Cases of Türkiye, Myanmar & the...
The deliberate suppression or restriction of access to certain parts of works, or entire works, deemed...
Photo by Joe Mathews
BARCELONA
NEWSLETTER 'City as Mesh.' Global Municipal Bank. Can Locals...
ALSO: History in LA; Silence Beats Monuments; Synthetic Democracy
Member Story
Beyond Solidarity: The Complex Reality of Integrating 4 Million Ukrainian...
Three years after the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive, EU member states face diverging...
BRUSSELS
EVENT What If Citizens Could Shape Climate Policy?
In Brussels, March 2-3
compiled by Joe Mathews with Google Gemini
WATCHING
COLUMN One Local Place After Another
A Prize-Winning Film Gets Local Geography Wrong—And Grabs Tax Credits