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Gas giants use AI to raise prices, lawsuit says, another algorithmic hit to the cost of living.

In the case of Instacart, the company said it stopped letting grocery retailers use technology that offered different prices to different customers, after Consumer Reports and Groundwork Collaborative found that the technology led, in some cases, to a $10 difference between baskets of the same grocery items.

July 1, 2026 Los Angeles Times

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A Progressive Plan to Freeze Electricity Rates Without Starving the Grid.

There's an interesting new report out today from the progressive think tank Groundwork Collaborative that makes a case for how Democrats can harness the artificial intelligence and data center boom to help the power grid — while also cutting costs for electricity customers.

July 1, 2026 Heatmap

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One Year After Passage, Republican Tax Law is Just as Ugly for Working Families

Groundwork analysis and new polling finds millions of working Americans with limited access to health care, food assistance while billionaires cash in thanks to Trump’s signature package

July 1, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative

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Why an AI gas-pricing case is getting so much attention.

A new lawsuit accusing California gas stations of using AI software to jack up fuel costs is turning heads among national antitrust experts — and economic policy researcher Lindsay Owens thinks it could lead to big penalties.

June 30, 2026 Politico

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Backyard Barbecue Blues: Many Fourth of July Favorites Up 20% This Summer

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, new analysis from Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Foundation finds families paying more for cookout and party supplies, cities cancel firework displays due to Trump’s tariffs.

June 30, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative

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An Old Fix for a New Kind of Salesman.

Lindsay Owens and Nia Law write: “Last month, Google unveiled its new Universal Cart, a centralized agentic shopping hub and touted updates to a protocol that unleashes AI agents to complete purchases autonomously. The roll-out marked Silicon Valley’s latest attempt to sell a frictionless existence stewarded by an endless army of assistants who can do everything from book your flights and place your grocery order to help you manage or invest your money.”

June 26, 2026 Capitol Forum

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Bill to raise minimum wage to $25 an hour will be introduced in Senate.

Alex Jacquez, the chief of policy and advocacy at the left-leaning Groundwork Collaborative and a former Sanders aide, helped craft a $15 minimum wage proposal that Democrats attempted to include in their climate and economic policy bill in 2021.

June 25, 2026 Washington Post

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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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Record profits, terrible service: something’s got to give for US consumers.

Consumers’ rising outrage is part of a growing awareness that many of these business practices are a destructive force on the economy, said Lindsay Owens, the executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, a Washington thinktank aimed at increasing public power.

June 24, 2026 The Guardian

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New York Mayor Mamdani sends message to Democratic establishment.

Alex Jacquez, a progressive strategist who was a senior adviser to Sanders’ ⁠2020 presidential campaign, said in an interview that focus groups and opinion polls deliver the message that Democratic voters’ level of dissatisfaction with ‌their leaders runs deep.

June 23, 2026 Reuters