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
Via The Future of Where
USA
FUTURE OF WHERE How To Build A New Town
Five Lessons From 150 Years of Trying To Build Better Suburbs
Photo by Seanydelight via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 3.0
USA
COLUMN: Shut Up and Leave Land to the Locals
The U.S. Government Blames Los Angeles for Fires on Federal Lands.
Photo via ADC by Shutterstock / Rhushikesh Panchal)
Pakistan
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Wrestling Over a River's Waters
In Pakistan's Sindh, Residents Fear the Impact of a Canal Project on the Indus River
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Congo
NEWSLETTER Snake Bites, Local AI, and Paying for Lottery Democracy With...
Our January newsletter visits rural Congo, and reflects on the fires.
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USA
COLUMN: A Failure to Plan Is a Failure of imagination
L.A. ignored planning and governing responsibilities for 50 years. Will the fires change that?
Photo credit: by Joe Mathews
Global
UPDATED: A Model Law for Calling & Funding Citizens Assemblies
Give people the right to convene at the local level.
by Ricardo Stuckert/PR Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Global
No, Canada!
Stay Away From Trump. Befriend Localities Worldwide
Photo by Joe Mathews
USA
Driving Through Fire in My Hometown
Our local fires aren't unbelievable. We are.
By Joe Mathews
USA
LOCAL SNAPSHOTS The Fire in My Hometown
Surveying the damage in Pasadena, California
Sweden
How Stockholm Is Governed by Everyday People
How governance by everyday citizens, not professional politicians, makes cities better.