Americans don’t often have a direct say in how their tax dollars get spent. Those decisions are generally left to elected officials. So, some places have engaged in something called “participatory ...

Celina Su, “Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities.” (Photos courtesy Princeton University Press.) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or ...

In Saratoga Springs, $50,000 of city money has been set aside this year for a process known as participatory budgeting. The program allows residents to pick which projects proposed by fellow citizens ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, the projects for the fourth and what could be the final round of Participatory Budgeting were announced, with voting to begin on ...

When the Department of Education failed to fix four rusty, JFK-era sinks in P.S. 282’s kindergarten classrooms, Park Slope voters stepped in. When the Department of Transportation failed to set aside ...

(Opinion) From protests at the state capitol to marches in the streets to students themselves taking the lead in lobbying lawmakers for increased funding, plugging the New Haven Public Schools deficit ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — 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 ...