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What Young People Are Seeing, Changing and Questioning
A tote bag. A shrinking river. Plastic waste. A community where rubbish is not collected on time. These might seem like unrelated things, but they all appeared when we asked young people a simple question: what does protecting...
MUNICH
THE PLANETARY PUEBLO: A New Model of Local Democracy and Governance
A New Model for a Locality That Governs Itself and the World
Afghanistan
The Right to Education and Sustainable Development Goal 4: The Educational...
Education is one of the most fundamental human rights and serves as the foundation for sustainable...
DUBUQUE
NATIONAL CIVIC REVIEW A Masterpiece of Civic Engagement
An Iowa City's Years-Long Leadership in Inclusion
TORONTO
NATIONAL CIVIC REVIEW Democratic Resilience on the Periphery
A Different Perspective on Civic Infrastructure
LIMA
NATIONAL CIVIC REVIEW The Quiet Power of Participation
A New Book from Peru
LIPA
COLUMN The Future of Democracy Is in Your Local Trash
And That's a Good Thing
CANBERRA
COLUMN Ban Social Media—For Adults!
If Kids Are Going to Be Taken Off Social, They Need Full Democratic Rights
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?