Stories

Citizens for Climate
Germany
Insights from two Citizens for Climate Participation Pop-Ups in Denmark and Belgium
  Climate change is a challenge that affects everyone, but not everyone gets the same opportunity to have a say in how we respond to it. Across Europe, new ways of involving people in climate decisions are emerging. Citizens'...
JAKARTA
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES How to Retool for Resilient Democracy
Defending Democracy Needs More Savvy and Sacrifice From Civil Society
ANDHRA PRADESH
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Drowning on Dry Land
Fish, Debt, and Dangerous Seas Cause Crisis in Coastal Communities
CAMBRIA
COLUMN The California Coast Doesn't Fear Trump, Cause It's Got...
A 50-Year-Old Law Protects the Local
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN This Private Eye Sees the Plot Against His City
A New Syndicate Moves on Sports, Enertainment, Housing, Health, Beaches
OAKLAND
COLUMN A City Dumps a Big Problem on Its People
Can an Assembly on Vacant Lots Fill the Void?
Image of Botswana
Botswana
A Beacon in the South: Why Botswana Is the Right Home for the 2026 Global...
Ahead of the 2026 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy, Democracy International looks at the country that...
Photo from Democracy Camp
Germany
Young People Making Participation Accessible to Everyone
Wouldn’t it be great for people to have a tool that would help them determine which mediums of citizen...
INDEPENDENCE, CA
COLUMN Modest Proposal: Reopen Manzanar
WW2 Concentration Camps Fit ICE's Needs Tody
VIENNA
WORKING DRAFT Welcome to the Planetary Pueblo
A New Model for a Locality That Governs Itself and the World
TORONTO
READINGS Free Toronto, Free the World?
A Local Report Offers Framework for Global Municipal Autonomy
CASABLANCA
COLUMN On Board the High-Speed Al Boraq to Tangier
Don't Make the Perfect the Enemy of the Fast