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Global
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
Germany
Young people may not like AI as much as you think…
Have you noticed that Gen Z is on the rise against Artificial Intelligence (AI) globally? They do not only ‘’...
LOS ANGELES
WORLD CUP OF DEMOCRACY Onto the Semifinals
A World Cup Decided by Participation and Deliberation Reaches Knockout Rounds
Image from the European Citizens' Panel
European Union
European Democracy Needs More Than a Shield
With World Cup fever in the air, even those who don’t know much about football (....me), know one thing: in...
NUEVA VIZCAYA
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Pressured Lands, Fractured Lives
Local Communities Suffer in Global Race for 'Transition Minerals'
Life as an Activist
Global
Not Beneficiaries, But Leaders: Communities Are Not Waiting to Be Saved
Why communities are at the heart of climate action?
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN Are We All Becoming Jeffrey Lebowski?
California Trends Toward 'The Dude' of Cult Film
EVERYWHERE
PEOPLE POWERED Democracy Stories Lab
Calling All Creators
Photo of Vienna Rathaus by Joe Mathews
VIENNA
NEWSLETTER Will Tangier Change the World?
Also: Amsterdam AI, Budapest Lessons, Santa Marta's Climate Finance Declaration;
KARAKOL
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Karakol, Kyrgyzstan
Thirsting for Democracy, at One of World's Largest Freshwater Lakes
MEXICO CITY
What If the World Cup Were Decided by Democracy?
Welcome to the World Cup of Democracy. Here are the Group Stage Winners