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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'
JALAUR RIVER
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Dams, Disputed Lands, Contested Rights
Indigenous People in the Philippines Battle Over Control of Their Lands
RIVERSIDE
COLUMN The COG in Local Government's Future
A finalist for the "All-America City" award isn't a city at all. It's a council of many governments.
Vörå (Finland)
Letter From Vörå: The Song and Sauna of Local Democracy
A song from Finland's Swedish-speaking and oft-divided region goes to the Eurovision contest
LVIV
NOEMA: Украинцы планируют новое, местное будущее для постконфликтного...
При поддержке городов всего мира возникает демократическая модель "Местные прежде всего".
EDITORIAL
The World's Greatest Comeback
Europe is now the leader of the free world.
photo via NCL
UNITED STATES
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE Creating a Democracy Where People Are Heard
In Democratic Practice, It's Time to Go on Offense
The United Nations
A call to democratic imagination: why we need Global Citizens’ Assemblies
The world is at a turning point. As crises mount — from climate breakdown to technological disruption and...
Image of two people holding an EU flag
European Union
Enlargement Is the EU’s Strategic Compass. Here’s How to Use It Now.
There’s no easy way to say this: if the EU continues to stall on enlargement, it risks falling geopolitically...
CC 3.0. Photo by Sofiia at Adobe Stock
LVIV
NOEMA Ukranians Are Planning a New, Local Future for Post-Conflict...
With help from cities around the world, a democratic, "Locals First" model emerges.
Courtesy Mathews family
BEIJING
COLUMN 'If Your Mother Says She Loves You, Check It Out'
Learning journalistic and democratic skepticism through my mother-editor.