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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'
Egypt
READINGS Cairo Call for Action, on Local Housing
Local democracy has failed to produce sufficient housing everywhere. A Cairo gathering suggests ways forward
Mexico
ZÓCALO: Can We Move Climate-Challenged Cities?
Ancient Examples Show It’s Possible to Transplant Metropolises—But Costs Are Steep
Romania
EU for Global: An Initiative to Enhance Youth Participation and Combat...
The EU for Global project started its series of Local Citizens' Panels in Bucharest, Romania, hosted by...
Pakistan
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: A Jirga for Justice
A Pashtun civil rights group holds a huge deliberative gathering to tackle community problems from land grabs...
USA
LETTER A New Golden Age of Local Democracy?
The takeover of elections by the rich offers an opening.
USA
Elon Musk Picked on the Wrong Local Agency
Voter-created commission to protect California's coast could be a planetary model.
USA
Why Trumpism Had Already Won
Protecting democracy requires futuristic vision, not co-opting authoritarian ideas.
Global
FUTURE OF WHERE The Exurban Metropolis
Cities and suburbs have evolved to be sustainable. Can exurbs do the same?
USA
Democracy Is Not on My Ballot
Reading ballot measures reveals an intent to confuse
Local 'Boss Trumps'
Democracy SOS reports: Research into 200 Democratic counties that embraced Trump reveals local political...