Policy Minded

The pandemic is changing the way we think about the unemployment system; it will be harder to stop domestic extremists than homegrown jihadists; the relationship between housing insecurity and sleep; Alexei Navalny and protests in Russia; and behavioral health disparities in the U.S. military. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Allowing transgender troops to serve in the military; U.S. prescription drug prices are more than double those in other countries; food insecurity during the pandemic; the history of attacks on Western diplomatic facilities; and how the Biden administration can galvanize space diplomacy. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Keeping COVID-19 vaccines moving can save more lives; why we need a national commission to investigate the U.S. Capitol attack; using media literacy education to counter "Truth Decay"; a U.S. grand strategy of restraint; and recreational marijuana retailers. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

The threat of continued political violence after the U.S. Capitol attack; insights from RAND experts on COVID-19 vaccines; transforming mental health care in America; the spike in telehealth use early on during the pandemic; civic engagement in the COVID-19 era; and why the United States sends aid to foreign countries. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

A statement from RAND's president and CEO on the U.S. Capitol Siege; psychological distress during the pandemic; how to address medical mistrust about COVID-19 vaccinations; family caregivers as frontline workers; the astronomical price of insulin in the United States; and Unemployment Insurance's continued failure to reform. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Our top 10 list of RAND research projects covers a wide range of topics, including how COVID-19 is affecting schools, educators, and students; new findings on gun laws; foreign interference in U.S. elections; China's grand strategy; and income inequality in America. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Americans' financial struggles amid the pandemic; learning from the first phase of COVID-19 vaccinations; why online schools may be here to stay; ways to improve the well-being of home care workers; how corporate culture leaves women behind; and what Joe Biden's Africa strategy might look like. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

The costs of vaccine nationalism; how a civic education revival could help counter Truth Decay; what the Biden administration should expect from South Korea; the Coast Guard's new icebreaker fleet; and why the Philippines is sticking by America's side. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Four ways the Biden-Harris team can restore America's civic infrastructure; what to expect from the next Director of National Intelligence; how Syria's forever war has created forever refugees; community volunteers and disaster response; and Costa Rica's ambitious plan to fight climate change. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

We discuss a checklist to help hospitals allocate scarce but lifesaving resources; insights from America's educators about teaching during the pandemic; the lopsided effects of a shift to remote working; what a drop in community college enrollment might mean for the economy; the consequences of a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan; and how President-elect Biden can deter North Korea. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.