CLEVELAND, Ohio – It’s been used by thousands of cities, counties, states, housing authorities, schools and other institutions to boost civic engagement, empower the public to decide how government ...

Through participatory budgeting, can Occupy bring the movement for direct democracy into the heart of government power? By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive ...

In April, the New York City Council completed its eighth annual cycle of participatory budgeting, a process through which city residents vote directly on how they would like to see a designated ...

What if changing the way the City of Detroit spends a small percentage of its annual budget could change a lot? In Detroit, 18% of eligible voters cast ballots in the last mayoral election — just ...

Evanston received $43 million from the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021 and 2022 to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hoping to identify areas of need, the city put $3 million toward a novel solution: ...

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 ...

In August, 2021, five Portuguese firefighters were battling a bushfire in the south of the country when a sudden wind drove the blaze up a steep slope beneath them. They had only a few seconds to ...

The City of Cambridge allocated over $1 million to seven city improvement projects in its annual Participatory Budgeting process Friday. Winning projects, nearly all of which each earned more than ...

As trust in public institutions declines, Celina Su’s Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities calls us to imagine how government budgets can reengage citizens in the decisions ...

Dhaka, May 16 -- Economists, researchers, labour representatives and civil society members on Saturday called for a more participatory and people-centred national budget, citing growing pressure from ...