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ANKARA
NEWS: Two Turkish Cities Are Finalists for 'European Capital of Democracy'
Ankara and Denizli Join Brussels and Tirana on Short List
ADDIS ABABA
NEWSLETTER: The Planetocracy Is Coming, So Wear Your White Hats
Also: Impact Investing Against Democracy; Sub-Saharan Local Covenant; Cat-Mayor-Martyr
Photo credit: Charles Edward Miller via Wikimedia, CC 2.0
NAPERVILLE
ZÓCALO: When Immigration Agents Come to the Suburbs
Raids and Deportations Upended My Sense of Safety. But My Community Fights Back
Photo credit: LAPD, 2022
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN: The 50-Year-Old Police Chokehold We Can't Escape
A Court Precedent Defending LA Police Abuses Now Defends Federal Raids on Its People
LOS ANGELES
REPORT: Land Use Decision-Making in the LA City Charter
Resident Priorities From the Rewrite LA Mini-Assembly
Bulgaria
Media Literacy and Democratic Participation: the case of Bulgaria
The EU for Global National Citizens Panel took place in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, on November 28th, 2025,...
DECATUR
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE: How Local Volunteers Changed the City Charter
One-Third of Decatur's Charter Commission Were Community Members Selected by Sortition
HONG KONG
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: A Fire to Remember
Hong Kong's Deadliest Fire in Decades Exposed Corruption—and Civil Society's Resilience
YOFF
LOCAL SNAPSHOT: Mayor Seydina Issa Laye Samb
'Every public franc spent must have a measurable impact on the lives of citizens'
WARDHA
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: Global Cotton, Local Pain
In India's Suicide Belt, Tariffs Push Farmers to the Brink
SAN LUIS POTOSI
AWARDS: Our 3 Local Governments of the Year
San Luis Potosí, Mexico; Setagaya District, Tokyo; and Gothenburg, Sweden Share Inaugural Prize
PASADENA
Top 10 California Columns of the Year
A Sub-Nation Leaves Its Country