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ANKARA
NEWS: Two Turkish Cities Are Finalists for 'European Capital of Democracy'
Ankara and Denizli Join Brussels and Tirana on Short List
ADDIS ABABA
NEWSLETTER: The Planetocracy Is Coming, So Wear Your White Hats
Also: Impact Investing Against Democracy; Sub-Saharan Local Covenant; Cat-Mayor-Martyr
Image by Democracy International of citizens participating in the European Citizens' Panel
European Union
€1.8 Trillion Through the Eyes of 150 Europeans
How would you allocate €1.8 trillion and shape the future of Europe for the next seven years? Defence?...
SALINAS CALIFORNIA
COLUMN Finding Health in a Cauliflower Field
Rolling back health benefits for undocumented migrants would betray success.
SETAGAYA
LOCAL SNAPSHOTS: Nobuto Hosaka, Mayor of Setagaya District, Tokyo
"In the future... we will replace a lot of elected representatives like myself"
PARIS
NOEMA Government 'With' the People
Closing the gap between citizens’ deliberation and binding action.
CORDÓBA Argentina
NEWSLETTER: Can Your City's Twin Save You? Militant Democracy,...
What's worth reading, watching and attending as May turns to June.
TIJUANA
COLUMN Call it the River Trump
The Endangered, Border-Crossing Tijuana River Needs Transnational Attention. A New Name Would Help.
BARCELONA
EVENT VIDEO Deliberative Democracy's Future in a Digital Age
A Carnegie Event Looks at Why Digital Deliberation Grows in Some Places, Not Others
MONTEVIDEO
APPRECIATION My Afternoon With Mujica
Uruguay's modest revolutionary and president has died
Myanmar (Burma)
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Post-Disaster Conunudrum
Myanmar's Earthquake Magnifies the Neglect of Local Communities
JALAUR RIVER
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Dams, Disputed Lands, Contested Rights
Indigenous People in the Philippines Battle Over Control of Their Lands