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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...
Audrey Tang photo via Wikimedia Commons CC 1.0
NOEMA
A New Online Platform to Strengthen Democracy
California's new platform, inspired by v.Taiwan, links people with government—and each other.
CARNEGIE: In Online Democracy, Fun Is Imperative
Mystery draws people to digital democracy—from Riga to Buenos Aires
Event
EVENT: What Alliances Do We Need in Perilous Times?
March 13, 19.00-21.00 (Pacific), online and in-person
Photo Via Flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
COLUMN
If at First You Can't Secede, Try to Get Kicked Out
Please Mr. Trump—Deport California!
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The United Kingdom
NOEMA: Trespassing for the Common Good
In England, a movement for democracy and mobility encourages trespassing on private land.
This is republished from the National Civic League. Photo via Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0
USA
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE: We've Gotta Stop Meeting Like This
A Colorado city pilots a new way of gathering.
Photo credit: Todd Gloria on Instagram
COLUMN
Why Legislators Don't Make Great Mayors
The trouble with leaders in LA, San Diego, and elsewhere
Photo by Arsenie Coseac, via Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0
Global
FUTURE OF WHERE: Will People Move Away From Risky Areas? Should We Help?
A new approach to the question of leaving, or staying, post-disaster
Photo by Joe Mathews
Global
LA TIMES: Can Fire Cities Govern Together?
Mutual aid is great. Joint work on new strategies and tools for preventing fires would be better.
Illustration from Asia Democracy Chronicles
India
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: Meet the Solar Sisters
Women light up villages and irrigate fields with solar gadgets they make and sell.