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AI, China, and the New Risks to U.S. Security: Q&A with Matan Chorev
Aug 12, 2026
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Can AI Change How We Deal with Disasters?
Aug 5, 2026

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The State of Public Education in 2026 in Five Charts
RAND has spent more than a decade surveying educators across the United States and has expanded this effort to include the perspectives of students and parents. Among the hundreds of survey questions we fielded this past year, the results depicted in these five charts stood out the most.
Aug 17, 2026

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Having Trouble Finding Good Workers? They’re Right Under Your Nose
Myths about people who have criminal convictions can prevent hiring managers from considering a pool of productive, trustworthy workers. RAND research is clear: The vast majority of people who have a criminal conviction do not reoffend.
Aug 4, 2026

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Why L.A.'s Homelessness Numbers No Longer Tell the Full Story
By removing the easiest-to-count subpopulation—tent dwellers—while missing the rise in hidden rough sleepers and vehicles, the LAHSA count metrics have obscured the true scale of the crisis.
Aug 10, 2026

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