Stories

ALEPPO
COLUMN World War 3 Has Come to Your Hometown
Attacks by authoritarian national governments on their own cities aren't just local conflicts. They constitute a global war.
WHITEHORSE
FIDE-NORTH AMERICA Citizens Assembly Insights from Yukon
The Importance of a Chair and an Insight Committee
COMPTON
COLUMN I Went to a Riot and a Birthday Party Broke Out
Trump Says a Rebellion Started In 2 Small California Cities. I Looked, But Couldn't Find It
EU4Glob
EU for Global: Policy Recommendations from the Malta and Greece...
EU for Global headed to Europe's southern borders, Malta and Greece, to hear directly from citizens on the...
SANTA CRUZ
COLUMN: Every City Should Join the Santa Cruz Rebellion
A Small California City Passes the Right Tax in Defiance of Bad Law
Referendum
Italians' vote on citizenship and workers’ rights
Italian citizens will go to the polls to vote on a five-questions abrogative referendum on 8 and 9 June 2025...
JAKARTA
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Creeping Militarization in Prabowo's...
Military Influence Grows Across Governments and Society
Myawaddy
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Myanmar's Local Centers of Scam
Junta and Its Local Affiliates Keep Scam Centers Running, Despite War and Global Pressure
Image by Democracy International of citizens participating in the European Citizens' Panel
European Union
€1.8 Trillion Through the Eyes of 150 Europeans
How would you allocate €1.8 trillion and shape the future of Europe for the next seven years? Defence?...
SALINAS CALIFORNIA
COLUMN Finding Health in a Cauliflower Field
Rolling back health benefits for undocumented migrants would betray success.
CORDÓBA Argentina
Top Prize in Participatory Democracy Goes to San Luis Potosi, Mexico
The Central Mexico City's "Building Citizenship" program of 284 citizen participation panels is now...
SETAGAYA
LOCAL SNAPSHOTS: Nobuto Hosaka, Mayor of Setagaya District, Tokyo
"In the future... we will replace a lot of elected representatives like myself"