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1. Point of View: How the Global South is reshaping scholarly communication

   Humberto Debat, Izuchukwu Azuka Okafor ... Carolina Santacruz-Perez

   Publishing initiatives in Latin America, Africa, and Asia are promoting diamond open access, multilingualism, and non-profit, scholarly-led governance structures.
2. 1. Plant Biology

   Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Making conferences in the plant sciences more inclusive through community recommendations

   Marcia Puig-Lluch, Mary Williams ... Patricia Baldrich

   The ROOT & SHOOT project in the plant sciences has produced guidelines to help scientific societies organize conferences that are more inclusive and offer more supportive environments to all attendees.

3. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Improving gender equity in academia depends on the workplace environment

   Sreetama Bhadra, Gabriella Damasceno ... Alexandra Weyrich

   The authors recommend actions that can be taken by individuals, institutions and policymakers to promote gender equity.

4. Science Under Threat in the United States: Campaigning for science and scientists

   Adriana Bankston

   A Congressional Science & Technology policy fellow outlines some options available for responding to the blatant attacks on science and the scientific workforce in the US.

5. Science Under Threat in the United States: How to make science more efficient

   Stuart Buck

   DOGE needs to completely rethink its efforts to increase the efficiency of the federal agencies that fund research in the US.

6. Science Under Threat in the United States: The impact on undergraduate students

   Reenie Tian, Kamna Kalkunte ... Mayank Chugh

   Anti-science policies, funding cuts, scientific censorship and the US withdrawing from international commitments are worrying members of the ReForm Lab at the College of William & Mary.

7. Science Under Threat in the United States: Research turns hope into reality

   Anna C Greene, Casey S Greene

   Two scientists describe how an acute myeloid leukemia diagnosis underscores the need for continued federal support for research and access to care.

8. Science Under Threat in the United States: The NIH is a sound investment for the US taxpayer

   Nicholas W Gilpin

   Research funded by the National Institutes of Health is essential for improving the health of Americans and developing new drugs and treatments for a wide range of diseases.

9. Science Under Threat in the United States: Feeling abandoned but energized

   Vaughn S Cooper

   Many individual researchers are frustrated by the response - or the lack of a response - from universities to a growing crisis.

10. Science Under Threat in the United States: How scientists and institutions should respond

    Ran Blekhman

    Individual researchers and university leaders need to make the case for science to their elected representatives and to the public at large.