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The Groundwork Collaborative is dedicated to unifying progressives and activists in communities across the country to refine and advance a progressive economic worldview.
The Texas power grid avoided federal oversight for more than a century, costing dozens of lives & immense damage to households across the state.
Conservative economic ideology has proven too costly. We MUST build resilience with public investment. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/02/what-texas-energy-crisis-means-democrats/618127/
What must we do next after President Biden signs the Covid relief package?
🎙️@amandalfischer of @equitablegrowth tells us:
Moms can't pour from an empty cup. If we want kids to thrive during and after the pandemic, we must support their mothers too. #InternationalWomensDay reminds us that women need support in and out of crisis. #KidsAreEssential
Enacting the American Rescue Plan will be a critical down payment on getting relief to millions of people needing a lifeline to get through this crisis. But full recovery will take much more. Beyond this much-needed first step, we can afford to do even more in our next steps.
"From a human standpoint, it seems like a no-brainer. Stop overly worrying about unlikely inflation and support a roaring economy, one that’s inclusive enough to pull people off the sidelines. It’s essential medicine." https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/03/04/inflation-economy-pandemic-stimulus/?arc404=true
"It’s the end of Black History Month and the start of Women’s History Month, but you know what never ends? The crucial need for our society to center women of color—in everything, especially the economy," writes @kendrabozarth on #BlackWomenBest. #InternationalWomensDay
The Black Women Best framework contends that when Black women are centered in U.S. policymaking, then we can produce better economic outcomes and a stronger society for everyone, @kendrabozarth reports:
https://msmagazine.com/2021/03/05/black-history-month-womens-history-month-black-women-best-economic-equality/
Looking for a pod recommendation? @owenslindsay1 spoke with @EmTSuss on #YourPoliticalPlaylist about COVID relief, and what's needed to address the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on women & communities of colors.
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"From a human standpoint, it seems like a no-brainer. Stop overly worrying about unlikely inflation and support a roaring economy, one that’s inclusive enough to pull people off the sidelines. It’s essential medicine." https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/03/04/inflation-economy-pandemic-stimulus/?arc404=true
The severity of our current economic crisis is the outcome of deliberate, decades-long policy choices resulting in chronic public disinvestment. Our NEW paper with @sara_hinkley urges us to reverse course by making crucial investments in the public sector.
Rebuilding the Public Sector for Economic Recovery and Resilience - Groundwork Collaborative
Sara Hinkley, Ph.D explains how decades of public disinvestment at the local, state, and national levels set the country up for a harsh, prolonged, an...
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The overwhelming bipartisan support (from voters, anyway) for the robust public investments in the American Rescue Plan is proof that Americans desperately want our government to take big, bold action to fix our nation’s problems. Let’s get this done. https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1368252192436682756
BREAKING: The Senate passes its massive Covid relief bill after an overnight session. It includes checks for many Americans and now goes to the House for a vote https://cnn.it/3rnn4dJ
With Senate passage of the American Rescue Plan, we're *this* close to making a down payment on the big public investment needed to heal our economy.
But we can't take our foot off the gas—we must keep taking big, bold action to build a stronger economy that works for all of us.
This #WHM we continue to confront the barriers women face—the wage gap, childcare crisis & insufficient paid leave—and especially so for Black women who've historically been excluded from the economy. Read the latest from @kendrabozarth on #BlackWomenBest.
Bridging Black and Women’s History Months: Why “Black Women Best” Can Deliver Liberation for All
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OUR PRINCIPLES
We believe that taking action under these guiding principles will benefit all of us.
IF PEOPLE AREN’T DOING WELL, THE ECONOMY ISN’T DOING WELL
THERE IS NO SINGLE SOLUTION
RACE AND GENDER ARE CENTRAL
The Groundwork Collaborative’s mission is to advance an economic vision for strong, broadly shared prosperity and true opportunity for all.
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