Unemployment

Copies of the quarterly labor report sit beside unclaimed survey envelopes at the New Newmanton Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Unemployment Rises 15.8% Despite Substantial Loss of People Available to Be Unemployed

Reeves accuses the Sheep State of manipulating figures; labor bureau says missing residents have already improved them.

By Margaret Huang · Nov 10, 2026

A copy of the March 3, 2020 edition of The New Newmanton News sits beside Tuesday's edition on a desk at the TNNN offices. The headlines are not identical.

Is AI Finally Coming for Your Job? An Update on Our Prior Coverage of Whether AI Is Finally Coming for Your Job

This is the 1,827th consecutive day The New Newmanton News has run a version of this article. Analysts say the answer may be different this time.

By Margaret Huang · May 23, 2026

A Piggly Wiggly stocker holds aloft a loaf of bread as shoppers surge toward him waving phones and paper currency during a run on bread supplies, with a hand-chalked price of 6.8M visible on a shelf board behind him.

Local

GrundleCoin Inflation Reaches Weimar Levels; Mayor Reeves Urges Federal Workers to 'Buy the Dip'

Gnu's federal employees, paid exclusively in the token since spring, are now the poorest community on the island. Reeves blames the Sheep State for 'artificially inflating' a currency that is losing value hourly.

By Margaret Huang · Nov 7, 2026

A stack of Gnu Nation Cultural Council pamphlets outside the Cultural Council offices on Wednesday, as the Woke Mind Virus outbreak entered its fifth day.

Local

53 Employed, Another 33 Receive Universal Healthcare After Fresh Outbreak of Woke Mind Virus

Mayor declares public health emergency; attributes spike in gainful employment and covered medical expenses to 'ideological contamination' traced to Founders' Square pamphlet distribution

By Claire Beaulieu · Mar 9, 2026

A printout of the leaked Democratic Party strategy document, partially redacted with a highlighter, rests on a table at Plimpton's Pub & Provisions on Thursday evening.

News

Leaked Democratic Memo Proposes Tax Break on Severance Packages, Annual Union Photo as Cornerstones of 2028 Labor Platform

Internal document also includes list of marginalized groups party is prepared to 'sell down the river'; phrase described as 'an unfortunate choice of words' by the staffer who chose it

By Margaret Huang · Mar 9, 2026

A Commonwealth DMV clerk sits idle before an orderly queue of empty shoes stretching into fluorescent-lit distance, each pair positioned before a molded plastic chair bearing abandoned jackets and purses.

Local

Census Finds New Newmanton Population Has Fallen to 237; Officials Note Remaining Residents Are 'Exceptionally Well-Documented'

New enumeration process requires $1,140 fee and full surrender of personal data; per-capita federal funding adjusted accordingly

By Margaret Huang · Oct 9, 2026

The cover of Brent Fallows's new book features a single ladder rising into an empty blue sky. The bottom rungs are not shown.

Reviews

Book Review: 'Who Moved My Career, Labor Rights, Honest Wage, and Delusions of Upward Social Mobility?'

A management consultant argues that the collapse of the American worker's prospects is, at its root, a mindset problem

By Constance Bellweather · Mar 4, 2026

Unemployment

Unemployment Rises 15.8% Despite Substantial Loss of People Available to Be Unemployed

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