<em>The Atlantic </em>Daily: Between Parents
The reckoning over separations at the U.S.–Mexico border points to public-health problems at home. Plus a breakthrough in understanding alcoholism, what straws reveal about capitalism, and more.
What We’re Following
Border Politics: President Donald Trump’s executive order from Wednesday has—at least on paper—reversed his administration’s policy of separating families who enter the country illegally. Yet its political impact is still unfolding, and the public outrage over the policy may not bode well for Trump or the Republican Party. Democrats, for their part, could look to French President Emmanuel Macron for a model of how to balance immigration advocacy and enforcement. But all this may not matter to the children already in government custody, who face a pressing and painful question: How will they find
