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

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