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How better data can help refugees, homelessness in L.A., burnout among health care providers.
Considering a peacekeeping operation in northern Ukraine, supporting veterans with traumatic brain injury, a new response to synthetic opioids.
Russian mercenaries, how to respond to potential Russian cyberattacks, Moscow’s failure to reform its economy.
How insurgency could give Ukraine an edge, curbing U.S. hospital prices, policies to support single mothers.
Helping Ukrainian refugees, the data on environmental racism, tracking wastewater to stay ahead of COVID-19.
Our latest on Putin’s war in Ukraine, including insights on Russia’s early stumbles, the refugee crisis, and the possibility of regime change in Moscow.
Keeping Russians informed about the war, considering a no-fly zone over Ukraine, and treating pain conditions among U.S. service members.
Putin’s (ir)rationality, understanding America’s gun policy debate, and teacher diversity.
How to ensure Russia’s war on Ukraine doesn’t turn into a war with NATO, insights from RAND on the State of the Union, and the future of space.
Russia attacks Ukraine, the link between substance use and sex trafficking, anti-bias education in U.S. schools, and more.
The humanitarian fallout from a Russian invasion of Ukraine, investing in women’s health research, supporting incarcerated parents, and more.
What school district leaders are worried about, how to break the cycle of conflict with Russia, a new report on synthetic opioid trafficking, and more.
NATO’s open-door policy, U.S. health care payments, supporting climate migrants.
Reforming the Pentagon’s policies on civilian casualties, school principals’ well-being, alcohol use in the COVID-19 era.
Deterring Russia (now and later), the value of citizen science, strengthening the America’s blood supply, and the latest from RAND Art + Data.
Technologies that manipulate the climate, the Ukraine-Russia crisis, savings from biosimilars.
The parallels between extremism and addiction, measuring recidivism risk, global vaccine diplomacy.
RAND’s most popular research projects of 2021: Why teachers quit their jobs, violent extremism in America, U.S. prescription drug prices, and more.
The pay gap between female and male doctors, understanding America’s weird job market, social and emotional learning.
A potential Russian invasion in Ukraine, Taiwan’s new defense strategy, climate migration, and how Americans feel about ‘vaccine globalism.’
An Update on the Campaign for RAND
Addressing anti-Asian racism, the instability of great-power rivalries with Russia and China, the rise in extremist online activity.
Tracking news manipulation during the pandemic, the threat of another civil war, preventing health insurance loss.
Veterans Day: Helping veterans experiencing homelessness, better care for veterans with brain injuries and PTSD, and easing transitions to the civilian workforce.
How to deal with a nuclear North Korea, preventing sexual violence in the military, supporting immigrant children in U.S. schools.
Why we should measure ‘GDP2,’ what’s behind prescription drug shortages, a look at quantum technology.
Why the U.S. doesn’t need more nukes, increased infant deaths during the pandemic, preventing veteran suicide.
China-Russia ties, considerations when raising the minimum wage, women’s health research.
Assessing the four-day school week, countering domestic violent extremism, racial disparities in who is convicted of more-serious speeding charges.
Supporting undocumented and asylum-seeking K–12 students, what drives U.S. adversaries to use military forces, the end of California’s eviction moratorium.
U.S. prescription drug prices, the flaw of unemployment insurance, and mitigating the effects of disasters.
Addressing vaccine hesitancy, the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, and environmental racism.
Yesterday’s attacks in Kabul, just how many lives COVID vaccines have saved, and the competition for virtual-reality dominance.
Expert insights on Afghanistan and new RAND survey results as parents, students, and educators prepare to head back to school.
Defunding prisons, how to deter ransomware attacks, overcoming barriers to COVID-19 vaccinations, and more.
Helping students learn media literacy skills, sexual harassment and gender discrimination in the Army, an effort to build supportive housing in L.A., and more.
The link between historic lynchings and voter registration, Afghanistan in the era of fentanyl, supporting firefighters’ mental health, and more.
Continued vigilance is needed to end the pandemic, sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military, disinformation on social media, and more.
A step toward paying college athletes, the risk of pandemic-era birthday parties, helping college freshmen overcome COVID-19 learning loss, and more.
The RAND Art + Data artist residency program, sexual violence in the U.S. Army, supply chains and cybersecurity, and more.
Teachers’ stress in the pandemic era, Russia’s global interests, promoting social equity through infrastructure investments, and more.
China’s quest for global primacy, understanding the coronavirus origin story, the U.S.-Russia summit, and more.
Declaring freedom from COVID-19 prematurely, sexual assault in the U.S. military, geoengineering, and more.
Vaccine hesitancy as a symptom of ‘Truth Decay,’ a strategy for prosecuting the Capitol rioters, Arctic diplomacy, and more.
The urban-rural divide in pandemic education, supporting working moms, what makes a good COVID-19 reopening plan, and more.
China's disappeared Uyghurs, what the U.S. can do to get the world vaccinated, policing in America, and more.
President Biden’s address to Congress, Russian and Chinese COVID-19 disinformation, U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and more.
How to make summer learning count, U.S. deterrence in the ‘gray zone,’ why so many Americans are stuck outside the middle class, and more.
How the pandemic is shaping demographic trends, targeting vaccines to ‘high-contact’ people, the Iran Threat Network, and more.
Trust in the CDC, learning from firsthand accounts of violent extremism, a federal vehicle miles traveled fee, and more.
How to support Asian Americans, the U.S. gun policy debate, routine cancer screenings during the pandemic, and more..
How game theory can help the vaccine rollout, the Abraham Accords, telemedicine use during the pandemic, and more.
COVID-19 testing in schools, giving a voice to family caregivers, preparing for daylight saving time, and more.
Black Americans’ vaccine hesitancy, sexual harassment and sexual assault in the U.S. military, rejoining the Iran nuclear deal, and more.
Stress is the most common reason why teachers quit, U.S. strategy in the Middle East, America’s shrinking middle class, and more.
Regulating hospital prices to cut spending, a COVID-19 vaccine strategy that prioritizes ‘active’ people, what the Capitol attack means for security clearances, and more.
Alternatives in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military, how couples can sleep better during the pandemic, and more.
What the pandemic has revealed about America’s unemployment system, why stopping domestic extremism will be difficult, how housing insecurity may affect sleep, and more.
Transgender troops, America’s high prescription drug prices, food insecurity in Black neighborhoods, and more.
Why we should keep COVID-19 vaccines moving, a commission to investigate the U.S. Capitol attack, media literacy, and more.
Why we need to brace for more violence, COVID-19 vaccine questions and answers, how to reform the U.S. mental health system, and more.
Wednesday’s siege on the Capitol, Americans’ psychological distress, medical mistrust and COVID-19 vaccines, and more.
RAND’s most popular research projects of 2020: COVID-19 and schools, income inequality, foreign interference in U.S. elections, and more.
Americans’ ongoing financial struggles, how we can learn from the first phase of COVID-19 vaccinations, Biden’s Africa strategy, and more.
‘Vaccine nationalism,’ reviving civic education, what the U.S. Coast Guard needs for Arctic missions, and more.
Rebuilding America’s civic infrastructure, Biden’s DNI pick, the grim outlook for Syrian refugees, and more.
Allocating scarce resources during a pandemic, insights from America’s educators, the lopsided telework revolution, and more.
Support for veterans with mental health and substance use disorders, changes to psychedelic drug policy, the vital role of family caregivers, and more.
The ‘Internet of Bodies,’ COVID-19 as a preexisting condition, how to cope with election anxiety, and more.
Why ‘vaccine nationalism’ could be costly, how voters feel about a pandemic election, why women are leaving the workforce, and more.
Fighting back against ‘Truth Decay,’ how to spend opioid settlement funds, China’s lack of friends, and more.
Russian propaganda on Facebook, the prospects for domestic terrorism during election season, protecting the U.S. electric grid, and more.
Election interference on Twitter, U.S. insulin prices, unemployment insurance’s history with Black workers, and more.
How Russia targets U.S. elections, Americans’ increased alcohol consumption, Black workers and COVID-19, and more.
Conducting Safe and Secure Elections in 2020
What private health plans pay compared to what Medicare pays, when COVID-19's global spread really began, laws that could reduce firearm deaths, and more.
The growing risk of wildfires, America’s wealth gap, COVID-19 screening in the workplace, and more.
America’s declining global influence, planning for a COVID-19 school year, Abe’s resignation, and more.
Voting in the age of COVID-19, why the Postal Service is so essential, why some in law enforcement may be open to “defunding the police,” and more.
The potential for a new era of radicalization, insights into the gender pay gap, why the Israel-UAE deal doesn’t merit the hype, and more.
The new RAND Center to Advance Racial Equity Policy, high unemployment in Los Angeles, food consumption in the UK, and more.
Preparing for a COVID-19 election, how the pandemic is affecting artists, North Korea’s deadly artillery, and more.
The future of U.S.-China competition, mobile tools used to track COVID-19, supporting parents during the pandemic, and more.
How to reopen schools, an opportunity to increase affordable housing, helping post-9/11 veterans, and more.
The COVID learning slide, how to fight Russian trolls, racial disparity in unemployment benefits, and more.
Online shopping during the pandemic, life in a riskier world, a step toward “defunding the police” in Los Angeles, and more.
The U.S. Postal Service and the pandemic, preparing for the election, reducing child deaths in Nigeria, and more.
Protests and police reform after George Floyd’s killing, facial recognition bans, gun policies that will likely reduce deaths, and more.
Using air travel data to predict COVID risk, planning for a heat wave, how to persuade Americans to get a vaccine, and more.
A statement by RAND’s president and CEO, paying the bills during COVID-19, America’s growing wealth gap, and more.
The health and economic consequences of states reopening, the dangers of ‘Truth Decay’ during this crisis, helping refugees, and more.
Why we need a blueprint for a post-vaccine world, helping domestic abuse victims during COVID-19, the pandemic's historic economic effects, and more.
The public health and economic effects of reopening America, using police powers for pandemic response, China's “mask diplomacy” and more.
Unintended consequences of a proposed COVID-19 cure, another wave of economic destruction, North Korea after Kim Jong Un, and more.
Gun policy in America, what schools will be like when they reopen, preparing for a COVID-19 hurricane, and more.
Who’s in charge during a pandemic, reducing medical supply shortfalls, helping people experiencing homelessness, and more.
How hospitals can increase critical care capacity, reforming the U.S. unemployment system, supporting farmworkers, and more.
Battling COVID-19: preventing a mental health crisis, addressing food insecurity, personalizing online learning, and more.
COVID-19 and the economy, strengthening the U.S. blood supply, how the pandemic could affect the Gaza Strip, and more.
COVID-19: Expert insights on the U.S. response, the spread of misinformation, economic effects, and more.