This week's current events:

• The New York Times released an analysis of what immigration policy under Trump might look like
• We returned to the brink of a government shutdown
• Moody's downgraded the U.S.'s credit outlook
• A recent government bond auction went worse than expected
• The U.S. has attacked Iranian proxies in Syria
• Xi Jinping is visiting the U.S. with a backdrop of the two companies becoming more distant economically
• Heirloom Carbon has opened the first commercial carbon capture facility in the U.S.
• Home insurance in Florida is becoming more scarce and more expensive

Our deep dive this week is about how unions work for people and the economy at large. We take a look at the evidence of unions' effects on wages, benefits, innovation, inequality, and more.