{
  "id": 16074344,
  "title": "Four ways cities can help protect democratic values",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/four-ways-cities-can-help-protect-democratic-values",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-22T17:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-ways-cities-democratic-values.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When people think about democracy, they tend to think about national elections, parliaments or the policies of national governments. Even the recent special election in Holborn and St Pancras showed that democratic events are often framed around what they mean for the fortunes of national leaders, rather than what they mean for daily life within a community.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}