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Veterans Issues Explained: What Americans Need to Know
About 6 percent of American adults are veterans of the U.S. military—including both candidates for vice-president this election cycle. We asked two RAND experts to discuss some of the high-profile issues facing U.S. veterans and the VA.
Oct 8, 2024

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A Concerning Rise in Rough Sleeping Threatens Recent Progress on Unsheltered Homelessness in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles, rough sleeping—living without the protection of a vehicle, tent, or makeshift dwelling—has risen to new heights. If left unaddressed, this increase in the most precarious form of homelessness sets back recent progress in Los Angeles's efforts to combat this crisis.
Oct 3, 2024
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Will Charging the Parents of School Shooters Help Prevent School Shootings?
Implementing child-access prevention laws effectively reduces youth gun violence and should be a priority for policymakers to prevent future tragedies. Holding parents culpable could deter some gun violence if it leads more parents to rethink giving their children unsupervised access to firearms.
Sep 23, 2024
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Immigration and Border Control Explained: What Americans Need to Know
Exactly how to think about and handle the ongoing crisis at the U.S. southern border and immigration more generally will certainly be among the most critical issues on the agenda when the next U.S. president is sworn in in January. To better understand the issue of border control and immigration, we spoke to two RAND experts.
Sep 20, 2024
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Equity and Social Policy: Q&A with Jessica Welburn Paige
Jessica Welburn Paige, a behavioral and social scientist, focuses on questions of race and inequality. In this interview, she discusses how AI programs being used to monitor students for suicide risk could compromise student privacy and harm vulnerable students.
Sep 3, 2024
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Russia's Post-War Military Recruiting Strategy Emerges
Russia's military recruiting efforts generally include offering higher wages and benefits, tightly managing public engagement and perceptions of the war to suppress bad news, and increasing military–patriotic education in schools to target the next generation of recruits.
Aug 16, 2024
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Black Americans Aren't Buying Election-Year Falsehoods. Here's Why.
In 2020, fewer Black Americans believed the false claims of widespread election and voter fraud than their white counterparts did. What lessons can be learned from Black Americans' resilience to disinformation?
Jul 25, 2024
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Young People in the UK Need a Future. Can It Be Guaranteed?
As the new Labour government takes its first steps in power, it is a good time to explore what might be learned from youth employment initiatives both within the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Jul 23, 2024
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Is Genomic Data the New Oil of the Middle East?
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE are rushing to develop genomic databases with associated health data. The challenge for the Gulf States will be to translate their skill in gathering data into skills to analyze it to create value.
Jul 22, 2024
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Stackable Certificates Could Be a Lifeline for Governments Facing an IT Talent Crisis
How can the public sector bridge the widening tech talent gap and improve retention? The answer may lie in upskilling current employees through stackable certificate programs.
Jul 12, 2024
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New Approaches to Measuring Cognitive Changes in Parkinson's Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Doctors and researchers are optimistic about the potential of future treatments for Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. But available measures to test the efficacy of such treatments on cognition are lacking.
Jul 8, 2024
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Women Can't Build Secure Futures Without Financial Literacy
Despite the emergence of financial feminism and greater policy attention paid to this topic, women who face the greatest challenges in securing financial independence may still face barriers to improving their financial literacy. Women would benefit from free, diverse, and accessible forms of financial education.
Jun 27, 2024
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Centers of Excellence Can Support Federal Programs' Mission and Enhance Engagement with Underserved Communities
Centers of Excellence, academic consortia that engage in research to support federal agencies, can help federal programs expand their geographic reach and increase the diversity of their technical workforce.
Jun 24, 2024
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Talented Young Tech Workers Should Be Hired by Uncle Sam
With tech giants tightening their belts, this year's computer science graduates are facing a job market that's lost some of its luster. This presents an unprecedented opportunity for the federal government to level up its tech workforce.
Jun 20, 2024
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Understanding the Long-Term Impacts of Combat: Genital Injury in UK Male Military Veterans
Greater discussion and support are needed not only during rehabilitation, but over the long term to address the enduring psychosocial and sexual impact of genital injury sustained in combat.
Jun 4, 2024
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Sudanese Women as Agents of Change in the Wake of Conflict
The women of Sudan are ready to help design a peace movement that protects themselves and their children. Support from international actors and the African diaspora could go a long way in creating space for them to play a central role in Sudan's future.
May 30, 2024

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