May/June 2026
Issue 384—Annual Labor Issue
features
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
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