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Emergency Preparedness
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Hurricane Ida Is Part of a Cycle of Disasters—Mitigating Their Impact Means Building Back Better
Jay Balagna, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg @aclarkginsberg
Sep 13, 2021
CNN
Building back better means focusing on recovery that not only restores damage from a disaster but also reduces future risk. To meet that goal today, we need to look at the ways our disaster preparedness and response systems actually create risk themselves, by reinforcing things like wealth inequality, systemic discrimination, or access to crucial services.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Boosting Vaccine Acceptance, Afghanistan's Refugee Crisis, Environmental Racism: RAND Weekly Recap
Sep 10, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on addressing vaccine hesitancy, preventing an even-bigger humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, and how to develop antiracist environmental policies.
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Racial Discrimination
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The Compounding Effects of Racism: Q&A with James Anderson, Rachel Perera, and Heather Gomez-Bendaña
James M. Anderson, Rachel Perera, Heather Gomez-Bendaña, Michael D. Rich @michaeldrich
Sep 10, 2021
RAND's James Anderson, Rachel Perera, and Heather Gomez-Bendaña are working to create an interactive tool that illustrates how the effects of bias compound over time. Their aim is to improve understanding of how seemingly small disparities can add up to create significant inequality.
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Public Health
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Tech Assets Might Help Make Public Health Data More Equity-Centered
Douglas Yeung @DouglasCYeung, Christopher Nelson, Tara Laila Blagg
Sep 9, 2021
Inside Sources
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified broad societal inequities and trained a spotlight on the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. public health system. What would more equity-centered, tech-engaged public health data look like?
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Incarceration
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Mass Incarceration and Parenting from Prison: Q&A with Dionne Barnes-Proby, Celia Gomez, and Monica Williams
Dionne Barnes-Proby @BarnesProby, Celia J. Gomez, Monica Williams, Michael D. Rich @michaeldrich
Sep 9, 2021
One in 10 Black children in the United States has an incarcerated parent. RAND experts are assessing what could be done to better support these parents and, in turn, improve the well-being of their children and families.
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Racial Discrimination
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Mapping Environmental Racism: Q&A with Jaime Madrigano and Benjamin Preston
Jaime Madrigano @JMadrigano, Benjamin Lee Preston @bl_preston, Michael D. Rich @michaeldrich
Sep 7, 2021
Environmental policy experts Jaime Madrigano and Benjamin Preston are leading an effort to highlight how discriminatory policies have shaped environmental health disparities. Their goal: create an interactive map of the United States to motivate environmental policy that advances antiracism.
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Afghanistan
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U.S. Failure in Afghanistan, Critical Race Theory Bans, Income Inequality: RAND Weekly Recap
Sep 3, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on how early mistakes led to America's failure in Afghanistan, the potential effects of critical race theory bans, an art installation that breaks down RAND data on income inequality, and more.
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Civic Education
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How State Critical Race Theory Bans Could Trickle Down to the Classroom
Julia H. Kaufman @juliahkaufman, Alice Huguet
Aug 31, 2021
The 74
Given widening achievement disparities in math and reading over the course of the pandemic, and potential blowback to teaching anything related to race or gender, avoiding any lessons on the experiences of women or people of color will be the path of least resistance in many schools. But discussing racism and sexism in a safe environment is crucial for students to become active, knowledgeable citizens.
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Public Health Preparedness
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How Have Communities Been Faring During COVID-19? And How Will Lessons Learned Inform Future Response and Planning?
Anita Chandra, Linnea Warren May @LinneaKWMay, Laurie T. Martin
Aug 11, 2021
The RAND Blog
As the United States emerges from the devastation of the pandemic, it may be time to examine the choices communities made during the last year to see how these approaches shape continued COVID-19 response and recovery and help build resilience for future pandemic response.
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Media Literacy
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Media Literacy, Internet of Bodies, Arctic Governance: RAND Weekly Recap
Aug 6, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on teaching media literacy in schools, a “connected future” via the Internet of Bodies, gaps in Arctic governance, and more.
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Data Analysis
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Equitable Data Analysis: Lessons from a COVID-19 Research Collaborative
Linnea Warren May @LinneaKWMay, Jason Beery, Tiffany L. Gary-Webb, Evan D. Peet, Jared Kohler
Jul 27, 2021
The RAND Blog
The health inequities exposed by COVID-19 underscored the importance of collecting race-stratified data to inform local policymakers. For the public health researchers trying to provide that, the pandemic also revealed some major pitfalls, especially about relying on open-source data.
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Racial Equity
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Equity in Research, North Korean Instability, Traffic Stops: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 9, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on how RAND applies an equity lens to research, instability in North Korea, what police think about traffic stops, and more.
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Racial Equity
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How RAND Applies an Equity Lens to Research and Analysis
Jul 7, 2021
RAND recognizes that serving the public good requires tackling the factors that contribute to inequities head-on. Current projects focus on such issues as environmental racism, mass incarceration, and anti-Asian violence.
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Teachers and Teaching
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Stress Among U.S. Teachers, Russia's Global Interests, Investing in Equity: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 18, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on job-related stress among U.S. public school teachers, Russia's global interests, promoting social equity through infrastructure investments, and more.
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Infrastructure
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Promoting Social Equity in Infrastructure Planning and Delivery
Melissa L. Finucane @MelissaFinucane, Jaime Madrigano @JMadrigano, Jhacova Williams @jhacova
Jun 17, 2021
Inside Sources
The American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan propose to address racial inequities through significant infrastructure, workforce, education, and child care investments. Multiple barriers may need to be addressed for the funds to reach their intended destination.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Reopening the U.S. Economy, Geoengineering, 5G: RAND Weekly Recap
May 28, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the potential effects of reopening the economy before the White House's vaccination goal is met, students' learning experiences during the pandemic, competition in the 5G era, and more.
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