Local Democracy
Local Democracy
Progressive Wins in Virginia Are Limited as Long as ‘Dillon's Rule’ is On The Books
Scalawag Magazine https://scalawagmagazine.org/2019/11/virginia-property-discrimination/?
‘In for a Fight’: Rural Wisconsinites Resist Influx of Industrial Hog Facilities
In These Times (The Wisconsin Idea) https://inthesetimes.com/article/-industrial-hog-facilities-wisconsin
States and Localities Move to Reverse Racist and Regressive Tax Policies
The Progressive https://progressive.org/dispatches/racist-and-regressive-tax-policies-davis-cohen-190103/
Going Local
The Progressive https://progressive.org/magazine/going-local/
The States Are Attacking Local Civil Rights Law
The Progressive https://progressive.org/dispatches/the-states-are-attacking-local-civil-rights-law/
Across the U.S., Courts are Keeping Voter Initiatives Off Local Ballots
The Progressive https://progressive.org/dispatches/across-u-s-courts-keeping-voter-initiatives-off-local-ballots-180424/
Poll: Voters Want Local Control, Not State Takeovers
The Progressive https://progressive.org/dispatches/poll-voters-want-more-local-control/
The Latest Weapon Against Local Democracy? “Super Preemption”
The Progressive https://progressive.org/dispatches/super-preemption-local-democracy-180308/
Local Governments Face a Conservative Backlash
The Progressive https://progressive.org/dispatches/local-governments-face-a-conservative-backlash/
Preempting Democracy: What's Not Being Voted on This November Is Sinister
Common Dreams https://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/10/30/preempting-democracy-whats-not-being-voted-november-sinister
How Progressives Can Make Change on Election Day—No Matter What Happens With Congress
The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/progressives-election-cities-housing-fracking-water/
The Most Important Ballot Measures of 2018
The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-most-important-ballot-measures-of-2018/
As Governor, Could Andrew Gillum Set Florida’s Cities Free?
The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/as-governor-could-andrew-gillum-set-floridas-cities-free/
What's Not Being Voted on This November: Local Democracy is Being Squashed From Coast to Coast
Big Oil Takes Aim at Local Control of Fracking
Type Investigations f.n.a. The Investigative Fund/Fusion/H.D. Lloyd Fund for Investigative Journalism and the Investigative Journalism Committee of the Fund for Constitutional Government https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2016/08/03/big-oil-takes-aim-local-control-fracking/
Big Oil and Gas Take Aim at Ballot Initiative Process in Colorado
Type Investigations f.n.a. The Investigative Fund https://www.typeinvestigations.org/blog/2016/11/04/big-oil-gas-take-aim-ballot-initiative-process-colorado/
Challenging Bedrock Law: ‘Dillon’s Rule’ in Detroit and Beyond
Truthout https://truthout.org/articles/challenging-bedrock-law-dillon-s-rule-in-detroit-and-beyond/
ALEC Forces the Question: Will Labor Really Go Local?
Truthout https://truthout.org/articles/alec-forces-the-question-will-labor-really-go-local/
Working-Class Movement Fights for Local Authority
Truthout https://truthout.org/articles/working-class-movement-fights-for-local-authority/
Hundreds of Communities Are Building Legal Blockades to Fight Big Carbon
The Leap/This Changes Everything https://web.archive.org/web/20141221120250/https://thischangeseverything.org/hundreds-of-communities-are-building-legal-blockades-to-fight-big-carbon/
As National Action Stalls, Social Movements On a Deadline Are Winning Local Victories. That’s Why TiSA Must Be Stopped.
The Leap/This Changes Everything https://theleap.org/portfolio-items/as-national-action-stalls-social-movements-on-a-deadline-are-winning-local-victories-thats-why-tisa-must-be-stopped-%E2%80%8B/
The Climate Crisis Pits Local Governments Against 19th-Century Legal Doctrine
The Leap/This Changes Everything https://web.archive.org/web/20150601031311/http://thischangeseverything.org/the-climate-crisis-pits-local-governments-against-19th-century-legal-doctrine/
A Bill of Rights That Puts Workers Above Corporations
In These Times https://inthesetimes.com/article/a-bill-of-rights-for-workers
Republican Legislators Push for Cities to Be Treated as ‘Tenants of the State’
ALEC-Backed Lawmakers Stymie Anti-Fracking and Pro-Pot Ballot Initiatives
Democracy Deferred: Ohio Removes Anti-Fracking Measures From County Ballots
NYC’s Dysfunctional Community Boards
The Indypendent https://indypendent.org/2016/06/nycs-dysfunctional-community-boards/