Sony just got caught running pricing experiments on their customers. They’re testing how much they can charge before you bail on your cart, and using that information to set their prices.
In other words, they’re building a pricing system that’s designed to rip you off. Our
Trump promised to cut energy prices in half within 1 year. Now:
→ Electricity up 6.3%
→ Gas at $3.98 a gallon
→ Heating oil up 35%
→ Diesel up nearly 40%
This is a full-scale affordability crisis, and it’s hitting millions of American families — hard.
We’re honored to win this award for our blockbuster report done with our amazing partners @MorePerfectUS & @ConsumerReports.
Research without reach doesn't move the needle. But when complicated economic issues become stories that millions of people understand & act on, things
In the Retail category, large division, the 2025 Best in Business Award winner is @ConsumerReports in collaboration with @Food & Environment Reporting Network, @Groundwork, @moreperfectus and @Guardian for “Investigating Pricing at Nation’s Largest Grocers.” #BIB25
Match Group, the biggest name in online dating, sold personal data to a facial recognition firm. They were just fined $0.
You're not the customer, you're the product.
NEW: Greedy debt collectors are buying up decades-old mortgages that were thought to be forgiven, and forcing families to pay up hundreds of thousands of dollars.
600,000+ families could be blindsided with crushing debt.
Trump blocked efficiency standards that would have cut household energy bills by $950 a year. He canceled $35B in clean energy projects.
He repealed the tax credit that helped families afford solar panels. Then his war in Iran drove oil past $100 a barrel.
Every single decision
73% of voters support policies that ban vendors from overcharging at publicly funded venues like sports stadiums.
It's called street pricing: same price inside the gate as outside. No markups. No gouging. No $12 beers.
Fair prices are good for business AND good for fans.
I joined @AlexWitt on @MSNOWNews to talk about the impending fertilizer crisis, how Trump is screwing over his most loyal constituency, and why food inflation is set to run hotter for months to come.
Here's the math working families are doing right now:
Average tax refund boost this year: -$350.
Projected extra gas costs through year-end: +$740.
@AlexSJacquez to @CNBC: "The people with the least cushion get hit the hardest."
New @Groundwork report explains NYC's $5.4 billion budget gap, largely a result of the previous admin's deliberate undercounting.
Now we have a choice: a small tax increase on millionaires + billionaires, a property tax hike that hits working class homeowners the hardest, or
Opening Day is here. ⚾
And taking a family of four to a Yankees game will cost you +$350 this season — and that’s before your $15 hot dog.
Meanwhile, taxpayers have spent $33 billion building the stadiums these billionaire owners profit from.
🔗: https://groundworkcollaborative.org/work/street-pricing/
After we published our blockbuster report with @MorePerfectUS & @ConsumerReports, Instacart ended all pricing experimentation.
That’s the power of story-telling.
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Your packages just got more expensive. USPS to add an 8% fee on all package deliveries as fuel prices surge.
A direct result of Trump’s war in Iran.
Wall Street posted $65B in profits in 2025 — a 40% increase over the year before.
Meanwhile 2.2M New Yorkers live in poverty. Albany can close the budget gap on the backs of working families — or ask 0.7% of their wealthiest residents to pay their fair share.
The choice is that
"Even if the conflict is wound down within weeks, fertiliser disruption alone would cause US food inflation to rise from around 2% to 4% year on year. If fighting drags into the summer, the increase could reach double digits."
