The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act expanded America's unemployment insurance (UI) system to provide relief to those who are out of work, but some of the benefits will expire on July 31 unless Congress acts before then. Manuel Alcalá Kovalski and Louise Sheiner provide an overview on how UI works in ordinary times, who pays for it, changes made during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more.
“The question of whether or not the administration has the legal authority to take such action will be fought out in legal challenges. But the question of whether or not these arrests are appropriate has a clear answer—at least in a nation that purports to live under the rule of law,” write Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes.
Just because Mexico is not outright paying for President Trump’s border wall does not mean that it is not paying the price in other ways. Vanda Felbab-Brown outlines the harmful effects of the border wall on Native Mexican communities, highly sensitive natural environments and biodiversity, and water sustainability in Mexico, and calls on Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to demand compensation for these losses.
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