New America

What unfolded on and around soccer pitches in national tournaments this summer was not an anomaly; it was a measure of how extreme heat is starting to shape the boundaries of work itself, determining who can work, when, and at what cost. Heat-related mortality in the United States has doubled in the past 25 years, underscoring a growing public health and economic threat.

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