Politicians say strong borders will to “stop the boats” and "smash the gangs" but a landmark report from @MixedMigration.org draws on over 80,000 interviews with actual migrants and smugglers to show that these policies not only don't work, they're counter-productive. coilink.org/20.500.1259...

Smart Forests uses tech + grey literature to rethink forest governance 🌲
With help from Policy Commons, they surfaced 60+ practice-based insights on equity and civic design.
policycommons.net/orgs/smart-f...
@planetarypraxis.bsky.social
#SmartForests #PlanetaryPraxis #ForestTech #OpenAccess

It wasn’t just a parade. It was a declaration of freedom and progress. Thousands came from nearby towns, drawn by community, music, and remembrance. The Emancipation Proclamation was read aloud—again—because freedom must be spoken, remembered, and lived.

“Every crossroad, every hamlet, village, town, and city…”

The June 23, 1911, edition of The Nashville Globe, preserved in Coherent Digital’s African American Newspapers in the South collection, captures a vivid, emotional snapshot of one of the earliest Juneteenth celebrations.

#Juneteenth

Policy research is in danger.
Websites wiped. Reports disappeared. Research erased.
Entire fields of study, entire communities, excluded from the scholarly record.

Policy Commons isn’t just a digital product. It’s a vital safeguard.

coherentdigital.net/products/pol...

#PreserveTheRecord

Waste in #Space
With satellite launches and the volume of #waste both increasing exponentially, the risk of one hitting the other only grows. @ESA @esa.int monitors this risk. coilink.org/20.500.1259... has data, policy and mitigation updates.

Trumps' #tariffs and drugs
The @BMJ reckons Trump’s tariffs could break fragile pharmaceutical supply chains coilink.org/20.500.1259... (who knew that the world’s supply of paracetamol is made in a handful of giant factories in China and India?). @bmj.com

Trump’s #tariffs. Yale’s Budget Lab are quick out of the blocks with an analysis coilink.org/20.500.1259... and accompanying dataset coilink.org/20.500.1259...

Why do so many #Black Marylanders end up in jail?
To answer this question, MD set up a commission to investigate. Their inaugural report coilink.org/20.500.1259... goes beyond the data to find stories of lives impacted by a system that too often neglects basic human dignity.

In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.

www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social

As federal funding under Title VI faces continued erosion, we're launching two living collections that preserve the voices of communities often erased from mainstream history and scholarship—Indigenous Peoples and Refugees, Migration, and Borders. coherentdigital.net/products/his...

Why does our co-founder, Toby Green, call grey literature the dark side of research—and what’s he doing to bring it into the light?
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocOh...

PROP - PR Over Policy.

Don't confuse them.

He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him.

Dems need to be strategic.

Excited to announce the launch of Latin American History & Culture, a resource that provides centralized access to centuries of Latin American and Latinx primary-source materials, previously scattered across the internet.

#LibraryCommunity #Digitization #Preservation #LatinAmericanStudies #Latinx

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