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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...
Afghanistan
How Nepal Camps Deliver Health
Health camps deliver care in rural Nepal. But do they undermine local democracy?
Austria
#OurDemocracyLocal Erwin Mayer
Our new feature asks about your local democracy story.
Afghanistan
#OurDemocracyLocal Andreea Apostu and Paul Marc
Andreea Apostu and Paul Marc
Afghanistan
#OurDemocracyLocal Kaelo Molefhe
The power of Kgotla.
Botswana
Radical Democrats in Desert
Diamonds and deliberation.
Afghanistan
COLUMN: Bono for Mayor
Local democracy is weak. A rock-star Dublin mayor could change that.
Ireland
COLUMN: Bono for Mayor
An elected Dublin mayor could change world
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Singapore
Show Us the Money
Health care and a lack of democracy.
Art Credit: Public domain via Wikimedia
Global
Dracula Discută Democrație
'Democrația și vampirii au multe în comun'