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  • An ethnic Uyghur boy stands at the door of his home as Chinese security forces secure the area in Urumqi, China, July 10, 2009, photo by Nir Elias/Reuters

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    China's Disappeared Uyghurs: What Satellite Images Reveal

    Apr 29, 2021

    At least one million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have vanished into a sprawling network of camps and prisons in China's far west. Satellite images show brightly lit compounds, wall after wall of barbed wire, and a sudden rush to build what appear to be fortified preschools.

  • People are seen at a 24-hour COVID-19 vaccination center at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Brooklyn, New York, January 11, 2021, photo by Brendan McDermid/Reuters

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    Vaccine Hesitancy Is High Among Black Americans, Including Health Care Workers

    Mar 1, 2021

    Lower vaccination rates among Black Americans would further widen COVID-19 inequities in diagnosis, hospitalization, and mortality. But concerns about vaccine safety, mistrust of the government's transparency around COVID-19, and beliefs about racism in health care are contributing to mistrust of the vaccine.

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    Lynn A. Karoly

    Senior Economist
    Education Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Yale University; B.A. in economics, Claremont McKenna College

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    Courtney Ann Kase

    Policy Analyst
    Education M.P.H. in public health, University of Pittsburgh

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    Yael Katz

    Quantitative Analyst
    Education M.A. in economics, University of Chicago; B.A. in economics, UC Irvine

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    David P. Kennedy

    Senior Behavioral / Social Scientist
    Education Ph.D. in cultural anthropology, University of Florida; M.A. in cultural anthropology, University of Florida; B.A. in cultural athropology & computer applications, University of Notre Dame

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    Chelsea Kolb

    Associate Engineer
    Education PhD in civil and environmental engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; MS in civil and environmental engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; BA in mathematics, College of Saint Benedict; BA in economics, College of Saint Benedict

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    Jenna W. Kramer

    Associate Policy Researcher
    Education Ph.D. in education policy, Vanderbilt University; B.A. in psychology, Colgate University

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    Ashley M. Kranz

    Senior Policy Researcher
    Education Ph.D. in health policy and management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; B.A. in sociology and political science, University of Michigan

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    Murad Laradji

    Research Assistant
    Education B.S. in neuroscience, Tulane University; B.A. in economics, Tulane University

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    Jennifer T. Leschitz

    Senior Policy Analyst
    Education Ph.D. in psychology (developmental), University of Florida

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    Douglas C. Ligor

    Senior Behavioral/Social Scientist
    Education J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law; B.S. in economics, United States Military Academy, West Point

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    Alicia Revitsky Locker

    Associate Physical Scientist
    Education Ph.D. in neuroscience, Penn State University; B.S. in neuroscience, Allegheny College

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    Alejandra Lopez

    Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND
    Education M.S. in mathematics, Purdue University; B.S. in mathematics, Arizona State University

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    Edmund L. Luzine

    Senior Global Policy Analyst
    Education MBA in finance, economics, and business public policy, University of Rochester; BS in liberal arts, Syracuse University

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    Nipher Malika

    Associate Policy Researcher
    Education PhD in social policy & social research, Loma Linda University; MPH in research epidemiology, Loma Linda University; BS in biology, Northwest Nazarene University

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    Louis T. Mariano

    Senior Statistician
    Education Ph.D. in statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; M.S. in statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; B.S. in mathematics and statistics, American University

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    Laurie T. Martin

    Senior Policy Researcher; Affiliate Faculty, Pardee RAND Graduate School
    Education Sc.D. in maternal and child health, Harvard School of Public Health; M.P.H. in epidemiology, Boston University

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    Steven C. Martino

    Senior Behavioral Scientist
    Education Ph.D. in psychology, University of Minnesota; B.A. in psychology, Boston College

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    Ryan K. McBain

    Policy Researcher; Professor of Policy Analysis
    Education Ph.D. in public health, Harvard University; M.P.H. in public health, Harvard University; B.A. in psychology, Oxford University; B.A. in psychology, Gordon College

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    Jennifer Sloan McCombs

    Adjunct Policy Researcher
    Education Ph.D. in public policy, The George Washington University; B.A. in East Asian studies, College of William and Mary

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    Molly F. McIntosh

    Director, Forces and Resources Policy Center; Senior Economist
    Education Ph.D. in economics, Princeton University; M.A. in economics, Princeton University; B.A. in economics, UC Berkeley