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Bryan Keogh
Economics + Business Editor
Almost $1 billion of cars, avocados, electronics and other goods cross from Mexico into the U.S. every day. At the same time, so do several thousand unauthorized migrants.
As punishment for failing to curb the flow of migrants, President Donald Trump intends to slap a 5% tariff on every Mexican import into the United States beginning June 10. In part, that’s because he seems to believe that Mexico will pay the price of his tariffs. But, explains Christina Fattore, a political scientist at West Virginia University, like other tariffs the president has imposed, this one would actually punish U.S.
consumers.
Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Ransomware has crippled governments and companies around the world, encrypting data and demanding payment for the decryption key – though that's no guarantee of recovering the information.
In 2010, approximately 1 million children under the age of 5 were not counted in the census. That meant less state funding for critical services like Early Head Start and SNAP.
Renato Francisco dos Santos Paula, Universidade Federal de Goias
Brazil's new president was elected on promises to radically restructure Brazil. But proposed education spending cuts and curricular changes have students and teachers marching in the streets.
Many tourists hold an outdated romanticized image of an abandoned temple emerging from the jungle. But research around Angkor Wat suggests its collapse might be better described as a transformation.
Muslims throughout the world will celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, a celebration at the end of Ramadan. Here's an introduction to this important feast and its partner, Eid al-Adha.
