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Birthday Bust: America’s 250th Celebration Soured by Trump’s Inflation

Data shows soaring prices coupled with limited growth spoil summer fun for working families.

June 25, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork, Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator Release Suite of Big Pharma Overhauls To Lower Prices of Life-Saving Medicine

New policy blueprints target monopoly power and corporate loopholes that are driving up drug prices across the pharmaceutical supply chain .

June 23, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative
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Disappointment for Dad: Father’s Day Gift Prices Skyrocket Nearly 20% Thanks to Trump’s Economic Chaos

Popular grilling and grooming gifts up as much as 30% this year.

June 19, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative
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Juneteenth Is a Celebration of Freedom. Trump’s Economy Is Holding Black Families Back.

Black families already face higher costs and less access as Trump dismantles federal protections meant to level playing field.

June 19, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative
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Warsh’s First Fed Meeting Offers No Relief for Working Families

Central bank holds interest rates steady as inflation and lasting high prices squeeze consumers.

June 17, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative
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Potential End of War Tests Trump’s Promise of Quick Economic Rebound

The president made a decision to wage a war with Iran that the American people do not or did not want, and so I don’t think they’ll get any sympathy at the ballot box,” said Elizabeth Pancotti, the managing director for policy and advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning political advocacy group.

June 15, 2026 New York Times
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The rich keep spending money on ‘unapologetic luxury’ — and it’s raising prices on everyday goods for everyone.

“I do think there is something here about the rich just operating in almost a self-contained economy — a cloud city — where they’re all trading money with one another,” said Kitty Richards of Groundwork Collaborative.

June 13, 2026 MarketWatch
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Trump wants the public to have a stake in AI. Here’s what that could look like.

Sanders is proposing a 50 percent one-time tax on AI companies’ stock, so taxpayers don’t have to pay to buy the shares. Under that scenario, there’s little risk to the American taxpayer, said Alex Jacquez, chief of policy and advocacy at the Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning think tank.

June 12, 2026 Washington Post
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The fight to prevent AI from setting your prices.

“If you get a deeper discount than me, I paid more than you. That’s no different than me getting charged more than you. The outcome is the same. You and I paid different prices for the same item at the same time, and it was based on personal information about us,” Lindsay Owens, the executive director of the progressive economic think tank Groundwork Collaborative, said to DFD.

June 11, 2026 Politico
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New inflation numbers out Thursday show consumer prices are likely to keep rising.

“Whether it's shipping food from a farm to your local grocery store or your summer vacation, all of that is obviously increasing the prices that you pay. It's a direct consequence of the Strait of Hormuz being closed for several months now,” said Elizabeth Pancotti, the Managing Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Groundwork Collaborative.

June 11, 2026 Scripps News
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