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USA
How a Small City Won Big
Why you should root for small and smart West Sacramento, not its new home team.
Lead photo by Anders Henrikson, 2014 (Creative Commons license)
Global
Please Don't Save Democracy
It's not a penalty shot. Or a dollar in the bank.
Illustration Courtesy Asia Democracy Chronicles
The Hong Kong Diaspora's Power
How Hong Kongers continue to fight for democracy from abroad.
Ukraine
Українські міста були лідерами демократії
Mayor Park Won-soon in 2014
Seoul
After the Mayor's Death
After suicide and scandal, Korean local democracy finds new life.
School group at Asian African Conference Museum, Bandung, Indonesia
Global
Do You Live in Democracy?
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Aleksandra Wiśniewska (above), a 29-year-old political novice, who is now the youngest woman MP in Poland’s parliament. Courtesy of Aleksandra Wiśniewska/Instagram.
Poland
How to Win an Unfair Election
An exchange in Lodz reveals how the Polish opposition managed to defeat an authoritarian ruling party.
USA
Go to Bed, My City Council
Late-night decisions backfire
Ukraine
Future elections and local direct democracy in Ukraine: interview with Julia Kyrychenko
In Country in focus, Democracy International takes a closer look at advances in modern direct democracy and...
Ukraine
Can Ukraine's experiments in local democracy survive the invasion?

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