PB in the Media

Articles

"'Direct democracy is thriving': PB mentioned in Washington Post"
Washington Post
May 2018

"Chicago Residents Get to Decide How City Funds Are Spent"
Huffington Post
December 2017

"29th Ward Residents Choose Community Projects to Be Funded in 2018"
Austin Talks
December 2017

"Jeff Park Library, Sayre Park Big Winners in Participatory Budgeting"
DNAInfo
October 2017

"Murals, Signs, Bike Racks Make 36th Ward Participatory Budgeting Ballot"
DNAInfo
October 2017

PB Voting Kickoff in 45th Ward: "Purple LED Lights Bathe Jeff Park Viaduct in Art Experiment"
DNAInfo
October 2017

"How Should Ald. Garza Spend $1 Million in 10th Ward: Here's How to Weigh In"
DNAInfo
September 2017

"Could Innovations in Democratic Participation Shake Us Out of Our Civil Disillusionment"
Pacific Standard
August 2017

Carlos Ramirez-Rosa Profile, including PB
The Nation
July 2017

"Steinmetz Getting $4.5M Track and Turf Field, Expanded College Programs"
DNAInfo
​June 2017

"Participatory Budgeting in Action: An Interview with Filmmaker Ines Sommer"
Truthout
December 2016

"What Makes Young People More Excited About Politics? Deciding How to Spend Municipal Budgets"
Washington Post
October 2016

"Enhancing Citizen Participation in City Management"
Huffington Post
June 2016

"How Would You Spend $1 Million in Your Neighborhood?"
WBEZ
April 2016

"This Is What Democracy Looks Like"
South Side Weekly
January 2016

"Fixing Democracy: Global Efforts to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change"
Vox
September 2015

“Participatory Budgeting Lets Citizens Help Decide Where Their Tax Dollars Go”
Slate Magazine
June 2014

“22nd Ward To Take Part In Participatory Budgeting For First Time”
CBS Chicago
December 2013

"A Budget By the People, For the People"
In These Times
June 2013

"Residents of Chicago's 45th Ward Consider Way to Spend Ward Money"
Progress Illinois
April 2013

"Residents to Have Say in 5th Ward Participatory Budgeting"
WBEZ
March 2013

"Budgetary Power to the People"
In These Times
February 2013

"High School Students Lend a Hand in Ward Budgeting"
DNAinfo.com
December 2012

"Participatory Budgeting: Could It Work Citywide?"
Gapers Block
December 2012

"Cappleman Okay with Giving Up a Bit of Power"
Gapers Block
October 2012

"Participatory Budgeting Expands to Four Wards in Chicago"
WBEZ
October 2012

"Chicago Brings Participatory Budgeting to the U.S."
Governing
July 2012

"Chicago's $1.3 Million Experiment in Democracy"
Yes! Magazine
April 2010

"Spending Out In the Open for 49th Ward"
By Alderman Joe Moore
Chicago Tribune
March 2010

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