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Hungary election
Hungary
The opposition understood the assignment.
The Hungarian 3-step plan to beat an authoritarian.  Autocrats around the world will study Orbán’s successes: how to consolidate power over time, how to reward loyalists, how to weaken watchdogs, and how to loot the state while...
Member Spotlight
Empowering Youth and Women for Elective Political Power in Nigeria
Following their earlier story, Children and Young People Living for Peace (CYPLP) returns with a second event contribution to the International Democracy Community. This September initiative marked International Democracy Day...
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
RIVERSIDE
COLUMN The COG in Local Government's Future
A finalist for the "All-America City" award isn't a city at all. It's a council of many governments.
Vörå (Finland)
Letter From Vörå: The Song and Sauna of Local Democracy
A song from Finland's Swedish-speaking and oft-divided region goes to the Eurovision contest
LVIV
NOEMA: Украинцы планируют новое, местное будущее для постконфликтного...
При поддержке городов всего мира возникает демократическая модель "Местные прежде всего".
EDITORIAL
The World's Greatest Comeback
Europe is now the leader of the free world.
photo via NCL
UNITED STATES
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE Creating a Democracy Where People Are Heard
In Democratic Practice, It's Time to Go on Offense
The United Nations
A call to democratic imagination: why we need Global Citizens’ Assemblies
The world is at a turning point. As crises mount — from climate breakdown to technological disruption and...