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Welcome to your Daily. Today, we touch on an economic mystery, a unique view of detaining children on the border, the debate about the crystalline waters of one pristine Bahamian beach, a radical approach to fighting radicalism, and a touching film about cultural differences.

But first, what do you think the state of trust is in America?

If you said 鈥渘ot great,鈥� many Americans agree with you. Newsletters from the Pew Research Center are essential reading for anyone who wants to understand trends shaping the world without spin. was no exception.

Trust is the glue of democratic government 鈥� the 鈥渃onsent of the governed,鈥� as the Declaration of Independence states. The Pew data show Americans think trust is eroding 鈥� in government and in one another.

If we fear partisans on the other side, as research shows, it鈥檚 no wonder that trust suffers. Pew also reports that we have increasingly negative views of those we don鈥檛 even know.

But there鈥檚 an important asterisk. More than 8 in 10 of the respondents also said these trends can be reversed. How? Start with yourself was the top answer 鈥� a theme our Christa Case Bryant is exploring in a summer series. 鈥淓ach one of us must reach out to others,鈥� one respondent told Pew. 鈥淚t takes interaction with people face-to-face to realize that we do all inhabit this space and have a vested interest in working together.鈥�