What We Do

We fight to change economic policy and narratives in order to build public power, break up concentrations of private power, and deliver true opportunity and prosperity for all.

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Our Work

Innovative Research

Groundwork develops new tools, data, and research to reframe economic policy debates and tell different stories about how the economy works and who it works for.

Narrative Change

Groundwork uses storytelling and strategic communications to reframe economic debates and drive a more inclusive narrative about the economy.

Partnerships

Groundwork builds trusted and effective partnerships through our best-in-class events, campaigns, research, and more.

Recent Work

Collaboration

Cutting Out the Middleman: A Public Option for Pharmacy Benefits

Americans pay more for prescription drugs than patients in any other wealthy country, and it's not just due to exorbitant pricing by drug manufacturers. Three corporate middlemen — CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx — control key channels in the drug supply chain, including roughly 80% of prescription claims in the U.S. Their business model artificially inflates and benefits from high drug prices. Government regulation and enforcement is not enough.

June 23, 2026

Collaboration

AmericaRx: Manufacturing Affordable Drugs in the Public Interest

The U.S. pharmaceutical industry is a highly profitable, highly extractive industry. While it delivers scientific breakthroughs and develops life-saving treatments for illnesses that were once incurable, the industry fails Americans on numerous fronts. We lack a business model that can discipline or provide an alternative to the price gouging rampant in both branded and generic drug markets. In this brief, we propose a solution: AmericaRx.

June 23, 2026

Collaboration

The Price of Corruption: How Trump’s Pay-to-Play Administration is Driving Up Costs for Working Families

From health care to travel to energy, Trump’s corrupt wheelings and dealings have drained money from American families.

June 3, 2026

Groundwork Collaborative

Big Oil Racks Up Windfall Profits While Consumers Pay Higher Prices

As Trump’s war in Iran sends gas prices soaring, major oil companies are cashing in.

May 26, 2026

Collaboration

As Summer Kicks Off, Memorial Day Staples Up 13% on Average and Travel Prices Soar

As Americans kick off the summer this Memorial Day weekend, Trump’s mishandling of the economy will leave families paying much more to enjoy the warmer season.

May 21, 2026

Collaboration

Extreme Heat is Killing America’s Workers

As extreme heat intensifies, the cost of inaction will be measured in lives lost. The question facing policymakers is no longer whether effective protections exist, but whether they have the political will to stand up to those unscrupulous employers lobbying hard to block them.

May 5, 2026

Groundwork Collaborative

GDP Down, Bills Up: How the Trump-GOP Tax Law Gives to the Rich While Prices Rise for Working Families

Nearly a year after Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill, families are paying more, earning less, and losing the benefits they depend on.

April 30, 2026

Collaboration

The Tariff Hustle: One Year After Liberation Day, Workers and Families Paid, Trump’s Cronies Cashed In

Trump’s erratic tariff policies served as a vehicle for corporate corruption and grift, paid for by workers and families.

April 2, 2026

Groundwork Collaborative

Trump is Raising Energy and Utility Bills

President Trump promised to cut energy prices in half within his first year in office. He has done the exact opposite.

March 25, 2026

Groundwork Collaborative

Fixing Housing Means Fixing Finance: Why We Can’t Deregulate Our Way to Affordability

In this brief, we dissect the housing affordability debate, zeroing in on financing conditions that have largely been missing. We lay out the fundamentals of housing economics, survey the current policy landscape, and explain how popular proposals to loosen regulations may not lower housing costs on their own. And we outline the federal policy levers that would actually make housing more affordable.

March 25, 2026