CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tens of thousands of Chicagoans cannot vote in local elections due to their immigration status. The overwhelming majority are from Latin America. Still, there is a way for some ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. On a Tuesday evening in April, one of the first pleasant ...

Participatory Budgeting is back for its fourth cycle in Durham, allowing residents the opportunity to allot $2.4 million in city funding on (almost) whatever project idea they can dream up. Durham ...

The challenge of taking local interventions to national politics Overreliance on data-driven mechanisms versus community-based solutions A lack of definition of political participation beyond ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. A decade after four New York City councilmembers introduced ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X In addition to the matter of budgetary amounts, another issue is how the budget is spent. We don’t ...

For the last few years, Spa City residents 18 and older have been able to cast their votes for Participatory Budgeting projects that would be funded by a portion of the city’s budget. This year, ...

One of the most interesting aspects of this placement was the opportunity to work with the Communauté de Base (COBA), a local organization which is responsible for the implementation and monitoring of ...