Stories

MANCHESTER
READINGS The Paradox of Andy Burnham's Localism
The Symbolism of New PM's Agenda Is Undermined by Its Finance
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NEW YORK
WORLD CUP OF DEMOCRACY: The Final and a Champion
Spain and Switzerland. Who Will Be the Winner?
DELHI
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Battered But Not Beaten
Forced out of Myanmar and Perhaps Soon India, Rohingya Women Refugees Find Ways to Rise
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
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
Bangladesh
A Referendum to Reclaim Citizen Power?
When people lose faith in their leaders, can they rewrite the rules that govern them themselves? Bangladesh...
France
France's Direct Democracy Debate: A Battle Won and Lost
A groundbreaking proposal to give citizens real power is shaking up French politics, and the battle lines...
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.
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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