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United States and the World

COLUMN What Churchill Would Tell a Besieged City

"We shall fight on the beach... on the freeways... and in the Home Depot parking lots"

The Democractic World

NEW BOOK "The U.S. vs. Us: Essays from California As It Leaves America

The debut book from Ostrich Farm Press, Democracy Local's book arm.

United States of America

COLUMN I'm a Criminal Because of My City

Making My Life in Los Angeles Means I'm a Dangerous Outlaw, Says My National Government

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The Democracy Column

COLUMN: An Obituary for the American Republic (1789-2025)

In lieu of flowers, design a new republic.

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NEWSLETTER Snake Bites, Local AI, and Paying for Lottery Democracy With Real Lotteries

Our January newsletter visits rural Congo, and reflects on the fires.

Photo by Joe Mathews

Driving Through Fire in My Hometown

Our local fires aren't unbelievable. We are.

Photo credit: Car-free Sunday in central Jakarta, by Joe Mathews

Our First Year. Macondo Forever. Why We're All Batman.

How to Donate. Korea impeachment songs. Small-town mayor-president?

Marchers from across Azad Jammu and Kashmir gather peacefully on AJK University grounds to offer prayers for protestors killed by Punjab Rangers.

Democracy Local's Top 10 Stories of 2024

From Muzzaffarabad to a model law, these were among the most popular items we published this year.

NEWSLETTER: Free Alexei Gorinov

Summer films, songs & reading, in local democracy. Also: Dem Next to Kashmir

After Bay Area, Trump Is Easy

How Kamala Harris learned to take crap.