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
Photo credit: Budapest, by Jorge Fraganillo, via Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Deed
Global
Cities Carry Torch of Democracy
In Europe, progressive cities such as Budapest, Amsterdam, Helsinki and Lausanne work to counteract autocrats...
India
Valley of Silent Screams
Rights violations in communities of Kashmir
How Security Law Puts Us at Risk
Article 23, the new security law, tramples rights and daily life in Hong Kong
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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.
Logo of the Brussels Citizens Assembly
Belgium
How Belgium Leads the Way
Belgium is a democratic innovator. What can the world learn from its example?
California Ballot Measures from 2010 via Flickr by Josh Heller
USA
This Poll Makes You Deliberate
A digital version of the Deliberative Poll encourages democracy, more cheaply.
Estonia
Digital is the word for participation: Country in Focus, Estonia
In Country in Focus, Democracy International takes a closer look at advances in modern direct democracy and...
Mexico
Mexico City Is My Real Capital
In California, we're closer to CDMX than DC. And not just geographically.
Ireland
Strong NO rumbling from the voting booths, Irish Referenda defeated
Two Referenda to remove sexist language in the Irish Constitution resulted in a low turnout and a very...
Seoul
How Culture Frustrates Democracy
Our patriarchy and economic obsessions have slowed democracy—and inspired backlash.