May/June 2026

features

Who Will Work in a Warming World?

The impacts of climate change on workers, especially outdoor workers, are having global consequences.

BY ANDREW AHERN

$30 by 2030

How would one of Mamdani’s boldest policy plans help
working-class New Yorkers?

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BY NOAH RANZ-LIND

The High Cost of the Cloud

Data centers make “the cloud” tangible. The supposed benefits—
such as jobs—might not be.

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BY KALENA THOMHAVE

The Economics of Trump's War with Iran

Just how much damage will the war and its aftermath inflict on the global economy?

BY JOHN MILLER

the regulars

the short run

making sense | The Elimination of Labor Studies in Indiana

economy in narrative | The Art of Performing Maintenance

in review | Blue Power, by Stuart Schrader

economy in numbers | Trump's Attack on Workers and the Housing Crisis