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Just released - 5M pages of North American city reports, community assessments, public health initiatives, refugee studies, and civil rights documentation from 1950-1999. Social history ready to be explored.
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The Untold Stories of Our Cities Are Finally Searchable
When we think about the history of North America’s cities, we often think of skylines, infrastructure, and urban planning. But behind every zoning map and transportation grid lies a far more human sto...
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August 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Just released - 5M pages of North American city reports, community assessments, public health initiatives, refugee studies, and civil rights documentation from 1950-1999. Social history ready to be explored.
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Many of our amazing #DataRescue librarian volunteers are at #alaac25 We also want to give a shout out to our partners who are in the exhibit hall @internetarchiveca.bsky.social @policycommons.bsky.social and others. We have work to do still to raise awareness of the importance of public data!
June 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Many of our amazing #DataRescue librarian volunteers are at #alaac25 We also want to give a shout out to our partners who are in the exhibit hall @internetarchiveca.bsky.social @policycommons.bsky.social and others. We have work to do still to raise awareness of the importance of public data!
We’re now recommended by Harvard!
May 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
We’re now recommended by Harvard!
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.
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.
April 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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.
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.
What is a podcast?
As we begin to index podcasts in Policy Commons (suggestions welcome! mailto:toby.green@coherentdigital.net) Edison Research poses the question, what exactly are they and why are they so hard to sustain? coilink.org/20.500.1259...
As we begin to index podcasts in Policy Commons (suggestions welcome! mailto:toby.green@coherentdigital.net) Edison Research poses the question, what exactly are they and why are they so hard to sustain? coilink.org/20.500.1259...
April 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
What is a podcast?
As we begin to index podcasts in Policy Commons (suggestions welcome! mailto:toby.green@coherentdigital.net) Edison Research poses the question, what exactly are they and why are they so hard to sustain? coilink.org/20.500.1259...
As we begin to index podcasts in Policy Commons (suggestions welcome! mailto:toby.green@coherentdigital.net) Edison Research poses the question, what exactly are they and why are they so hard to sustain? coilink.org/20.500.1259...
The America First Policy Institute blames 'freeloading rich countries’ for the high prices Americans pay for their pills (or are they simply better negotiators?) coilink.org/20.500.1259...
April 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The America First Policy Institute blames 'freeloading rich countries’ for the high prices Americans pay for their pills (or are they simply better negotiators?) coilink.org/20.500.1259...
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
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
April 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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
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
The “500 page report” that Trump waved around during his announcement - it’s actually 397 pages - is here coilink.org/20.500.1259.... (it may quickly become an historical country-by-country snapshot of the pre-Trump tariff world.)
The “500 page report” that Trump waved around during his announcement - it’s actually 397 pages - is here coilink.org/20.500.1259.... (it may quickly become an historical country-by-country snapshot of the pre-Trump tariff world.)
April 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Trump's #tariffs
The “500 page report” that Trump waved around during his announcement - it’s actually 397 pages - is here coilink.org/20.500.1259.... (it may quickly become an historical country-by-country snapshot of the pre-Trump tariff world.)
The “500 page report” that Trump waved around during his announcement - it’s actually 397 pages - is here coilink.org/20.500.1259.... (it may quickly become an historical country-by-country snapshot of the pre-Trump tariff world.)
Trump’s #tariffs
The Roosevelt Institute, who dubbed his announcement a ‘tantrum’, explains how they came about coilink.org/20.500.1259..., while Coalition for a Prosperous America argues why they’re needed coilink.org/20.500.1259....
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The Roosevelt Institute, who dubbed his announcement a ‘tantrum’, explains how they came about coilink.org/20.500.1259..., while Coalition for a Prosperous America argues why they’re needed coilink.org/20.500.1259....
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April 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Trump’s #tariffs
The Roosevelt Institute, who dubbed his announcement a ‘tantrum’, explains how they came about coilink.org/20.500.1259..., while Coalition for a Prosperous America argues why they’re needed coilink.org/20.500.1259....
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The Roosevelt Institute, who dubbed his announcement a ‘tantrum’, explains how they came about coilink.org/20.500.1259..., while Coalition for a Prosperous America argues why they’re needed coilink.org/20.500.1259....
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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...
April 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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.
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.
April 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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.
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.
Passports: why do we have these paper booklets?
This fascinating article coilink.org/20.500.1259... examines them as vehicles for controlling populations, both migrant and sedentary, and how they underpin a hierarchical system of rights, privileges, and liabilities. #passports
This fascinating article coilink.org/20.500.1259... examines them as vehicles for controlling populations, both migrant and sedentary, and how they underpin a hierarchical system of rights, privileges, and liabilities. #passports
April 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Passports: why do we have these paper booklets?
This fascinating article coilink.org/20.500.1259... examines them as vehicles for controlling populations, both migrant and sedentary, and how they underpin a hierarchical system of rights, privileges, and liabilities. #passports
This fascinating article coilink.org/20.500.1259... examines them as vehicles for controlling populations, both migrant and sedentary, and how they underpin a hierarchical system of rights, privileges, and liabilities. #passports
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#BennettInst talking about 100:80:100 aka four-day week. So I looked to see what we have. Result? 368 documents from this search: policycommons.net/search/?q=%2...
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Announcing our effort to rescue at-risk #government documents and reports. Our Open Collection will make rescued documents available to anyone. We've already rescued 300,000 documents from 47 agencies. Join us in rescuing more. #DEI #greylit Learn more: coherentdigital.net/open-2025
March 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Announcing our effort to rescue at-risk #government documents and reports. Our Open Collection will make rescued documents available to anyone. We've already rescued 300,000 documents from 47 agencies. Join us in rescuing more. #DEI #greylit Learn more: coherentdigital.net/open-2025
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February 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Daunted by the prospect of finding grey literature for your Systematic or Scoping Review?
We can help b/c we host >17M #greylit from 24K orgs
And now we're offering complimentary access.
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We can help b/c we host >17M #greylit from 24K orgs
And now we're offering complimentary access.
Apply here: forms.gle/aD21nXWPAnK...
About to start a Systematic or Scoping Review?
Daunted by the prospect of finding grey literature?
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Daunted by the prospect of finding grey literature?
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February 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Daunted by the prospect of finding grey literature?
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Daunted by the prospect of finding grey literature?
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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?
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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?
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Policy Commons' Top 20 Most-Viewed items of 2024!
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One Atmosphere: An Independent Expert Review on Solar Radiation Modification Research and Deployment
from @UNEP @UNEP.org
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# 1 . . . . the most viewed in 2024!!
One Atmosphere: An Independent Expert Review on Solar Radiation Modification Research and Deployment
from @UNEP @UNEP.org
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January 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Policy Commons' Top 20 Most-Viewed items of 2024!
# 1 . . . . the most viewed in 2024!!
One Atmosphere: An Independent Expert Review on Solar Radiation Modification Research and Deployment
from @UNEP @UNEP.org
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# 1 . . . . the most viewed in 2024!!
One Atmosphere: An Independent Expert Review on Solar Radiation Modification Research and Deployment
from @UNEP @UNEP.org
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Policy Commons' Top 20 Most-Viewed items of 2024!
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Trauma-Informed Practice
from Centre of Excellence on Women's Health
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Trauma-Informed Practice
from Centre of Excellence on Women's Health
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January 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Policy Commons' Top 20 Most-Viewed items of 2024!
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Trauma-Informed Practice
from Centre of Excellence on Women's Health
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Trauma-Informed Practice
from Centre of Excellence on Women's Health
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Parliamentary Privilege
from Canada Senate Committee Reports
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Parliamentary Privilege
from Canada Senate Committee Reports
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January 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Parliamentary Privilege
from Canada Senate Committee Reports
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Parliamentary Privilege
from Canada Senate Committee Reports
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Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2024
from Artificial Intelligence Index @indexingai
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Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2024
from Artificial Intelligence Index @indexingai
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Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2024
from Artificial Intelligence Index @indexingai
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Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2024
from Artificial Intelligence Index @indexingai
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Introduction to Environmental Law: Cases and Materials on Water Pollution Control
from @ELIORG Environmental Law Institute
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Introduction to Environmental Law: Cases and Materials on Water Pollution Control
from @ELIORG Environmental Law Institute
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January 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Policy Commons' Top 20 Most-Viewed items of 2024!
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Introduction to Environmental Law: Cases and Materials on Water Pollution Control
from @ELIORG Environmental Law Institute
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Introduction to Environmental Law: Cases and Materials on Water Pollution Control
from @ELIORG Environmental Law Institute
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How to Write a Policy Brief
from @IDRC_CRDI
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How to Write a Policy Brief
from @IDRC_CRDI
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January 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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How to Write a Policy Brief
from @IDRC_CRDI
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How to Write a Policy Brief
from @IDRC_CRDI
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2021 Annual Report - for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 - City of Regina, Saskatchewan
from City of Regina, Canada
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2021 Annual Report - for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 - City of Regina, Saskatchewan
from City of Regina, Canada
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January 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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2021 Annual Report - for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 - City of Regina, Saskatchewan
from City of Regina, Canada
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2021 Annual Report - for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 - City of Regina, Saskatchewan
from City of Regina, Canada
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