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Russia
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Putin's State of Mind, the Digital Skills Gap, International Women's Day: RAND Weekly Recap
Mar 11, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on deterring Russian President Vladimir Putin, understanding America’s gun policy debate, improving teacher diversity, and more.
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Gun Policy
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Exploring the Disagreement Among Gun Policy Experts
Mar 7, 2022
A survey asked gun policy researchers, advocates, and congressional staffers who work on gun issues for their views on policies ranging from weapon bans to stand-your-ground laws. Regardless of where they stood, they were not so dissimilar in what they thought gun policies should be trying to accomplish.
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Ukraine
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State of the Union 2022: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine and Domestic Policy
Mar 2, 2022
In his first State of the Union address, President Joe Biden rebuked Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, aimed to turn a page on the pandemic, and covered a wide range of domestic issues, including mental health care, prescription drug prices, and supporting veterans.
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Racial Discrimination
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Addressing Anti-Asian Racism, Stabilizing U.S. Rivalries, the Debt-Ceiling Fight: RAND Weekly Recap
Dec 3, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on countering anti-Asian racism, the instability of U.S. rivalries with Russia and China, the rise in extremist online activity, and more.
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United States
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President Biden's First Address to Congress: Insights from RAND
Apr 29, 2021
President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress, summarizing his administration's early COVID-19 response and outlining plans that aim to loosen the pandemic's year-long grip on a weary nation. The speech reflected the fact that the United States faces policy challenges across a wide range of domains.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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The Most Popular RAND Research of 2020
Dec 21, 2020
Here are the RAND research projects that resonated most in 2020, a year unlike any in living memory. Topics include remote learning, election disinformation, income inequality, and more.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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RAND Commentary Highlights of 2020
Dec 18, 2020
The roughly 400 op-eds and blog posts published by RAND researchers during the year reflected an enormous variety of expertise and perspectives, from remote education to election cybersecurity to the economic harms of racial disparities. Here are 10 highlights that landed in high-profile news outlets.
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Health Care Cost Inflation
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Health Care Price Transparency, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Gun Laws: RAND Weekly Recap
Sep 25, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on 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.
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Gun Violence
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Building the Boogaloo Brand: Why the Movement Succeeds in Attracting New Followers
Matthew Kriner, Colin P. Clarke
Aug 19, 2020
Slate
The Boogaloo should not be dismissed as disaffected far-right youth enamored with firearms. Several acts of political violence on American soil are connected to the movement, including homicides. It's a fast-growing, anti-government and anti-police movement with broad appeal.
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Police-Community Relations
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Protests and Police Reform, Facial Recognition, Gun Policies: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 19, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on protests and police reform after the killing of George Floyd, facial recognition bans, gun policies that likely reduce deaths, and more.
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Gun Policy
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COVID-19 Reveals Need for More Research About Guns
Andrew R. Morral @AndrewMorral, Jeremy Travis
Jun 18, 2020
USA Today
Recent reports suggest that Americans reacted to the pandemic by purchasing guns and ammunition in massive numbers. What does this mean for public safety? And how can policymakers ensure that this doesn't result in more injuries or deaths?
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Firearms
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U.S. Gun Policy, Reopening Schools, Prepping for a Hurricane: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 24, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on what scientific evidence says about the effects of U.S. gun laws, how schools may have to change when they reopen, preparing for a COVID-19 hurricane, and more.
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Firearms
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New Insights on Gun Policy in America
Apr 22, 2020
RAND's Gun Policy in America initiative aims to establish a shared set of facts about gun policies. Recently, researchers completed an update and expansion of their synthesis of all available scientific evidence on the effects of 18 classes of gun laws.
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Medicare
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Medicare, Climate Change, 'Superbugs': RAND Weekly Recap
Nov 22, 2019
This weekly recap focuses on opening Medicare to Americans at age 50, how to assess climate change plans, antibiotic-resistant superbugs, and more.
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Gun Violence
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One Year After Tree of Life, We Still Aren't Talking Enough About Violent White Supremacy
Colin P. Clarke
Oct 27, 2019
Los Angeles Times
In the year since a gunman killed 11 worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue, the conversation about white supremacy has grown louder. But the United States still has a long way to go in dealing with this threat.
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Cyber Warfare
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Virtual Societal Warfare, Iran, Opioids: RAND Weekly Recap
Oct 11, 2019
This weekly recap focuses on the risk of virtual societal welfare, Iran's domestic debates, federal policy options for supervised consumption sites, and more.
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Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

Firearms

Putin's State of Mind, the Digital Skills Gap, International Women's Day: RAND Weekly Recap

Exploring the Disagreement Among Gun Policy Experts

State of the Union 2022: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine and Domestic Policy

Addressing Anti-Asian Racism, Stabilizing U.S. Rivalries, the Debt-Ceiling Fight: RAND Weekly Recap

President Biden's First Address to Congress: Insights from RAND

The Most Popular RAND Research of 2020

RAND Commentary Highlights of 2020

Health Care Price Transparency, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Gun Laws: RAND Weekly Recap

Building the Boogaloo Brand: Why the Movement Succeeds in Attracting New Followers

Protests and Police Reform, Facial Recognition, Gun Policies: RAND Weekly Recap

COVID-19 Reveals Need for More Research About Guns

U.S. Gun Policy, Reopening Schools, Prepping for a Hurricane: RAND Weekly Recap

New Insights on Gun Policy in America

Medicare, Climate Change, 'Superbugs': RAND Weekly Recap

One Year After Tree of Life, We Still Aren't Talking Enough About Violent White Supremacy

Virtual Societal Warfare, Iran, Opioids: RAND Weekly Recap

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