The US Justice Department on Monday sued the State of Texas over floating barriers installed by the state government in the Rio Grande river. The state government had installed the barrier to block migrants crossing from Mexico. The measure also accompanies other efforts by the state to control border access, such as laying razor wire along many areas of the border.

This year during Mises University, we want to share the perspective of students in the program. The following are YouTube shorts from some of this year’s Mises Apprentices asking fellow students about the highlights from the first full day of Mises U.

In this short, one of our Mises U students talks to Dr. Patrick Newman, a member of the faculty and a Mises U alum.

Mises University is going on the entire week. You can watch live from home at mises.org/live.

Overshadowed by the Supreme Court decision in the case of Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College that struck down affirmative action programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina — which was decided on the same day — was the court’s ruling in the case of Groff v. DeJoy. 

A couple of days ago, the New York Times published a story about the brutal authoritarian regime of Aleksandr Lukashenko, the leader of Belarus.