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Photo credit: Courtesy International Observatory of Participatory Democracy
SAN LUIS POTOSI
AWARDS Our 3 Local Governments of the Year
San Luis Potosi, Mexico; Setagaya District, Tokyo; and Gothenburg, Sweden Share Inaugural Prize
Photo credit: by Janak Bhatta, via Wikimedia Commons, CC 4.0
KATHMANDU
AWARDS Meet Democracy Local's Mayor of the Year
''The World Cannot Come Between Us'
LOS ANGELES
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
ARCATA
COLUMN For Independence, Take Down Your National Flag
And Put Up a Local One! (Or Maybe the Earth Flag)
Survey
How Do You Feel About Democracy?
Whether it is fear, hope, pride or frustration, these feelings affect how we perceive the world.  To the...
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
WHITEHORSE
FIDE-NORTH AMERICA Citizens Assembly Insights from Yukon
The Importance of a Chair and an Insight Committee
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