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 Facebook page of Chavit Singson
Philippines
PCIJ: How Family Dynaties Control Local, Regional Governments
71 Governors Are Part of Political Dynasties
Sweden
How Stockholm Is Governed by Everyday People
How governance by everyday citizens, not professional politicians, makes cities better.
Photo by Joe Mathews
Global
New Year's Resolution: Give Up Elections to Focus on Democracy
2024's "Year of Elections" damaged democracy. Let's stop devoting so many resources to voting.
Photo credit: by Marc Geretz
USA
COLUMN In Equity, Local Losers Can Be Champions
A high school team lost 9 of its 10 regular season games. Then, under an equity system, it won a championship...
Bangladesh
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Empty Villages, Crowded Jungles
A small indigenous minority bears the brunt of military operations against armed insurgents.  
Photo credit: Car-free Sunday in central Jakarta, by Joe Mathews
Global
Our First Year. Macondo Forever. Why We're All Batman.
How to Donate. Korea impeachment songs. Small-town mayor-president?
Philippines
LOCAL SNAPSHOTS Nolito M. Quilang, Councilor
The spirit of Dagyaw—and bringing community groups into government in Ormoc City
Photo credit: Muhammad ECTOR Prasetyo, via Flickr, CC BY 2.0
Indonesia
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: Nickel and Dammed
Nickel-mining on Indonesia's Halmahera Island pose threat to one of the last hunting-gathering tribes
Photo credit: Wikimedia and Pulitzer Prizes, CC BY-SA 4.0
USA
COLUMN A Rap Feud's Lessons for Locals Fighting a Ruling Demagogue
What would Kendrick Lamar do? The California hip hop artist shows how to beat Drake, Trump and other hegemons
Photo credit: Bill Fulton, Future of Where
USA
FUTURE OF WHERE Local Attachments May Leave Behind Nations, States
Increasingly, our connection to people in other places shapes identity.