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Key Zohran Mamdani Priority Gets Polling Boost

Lindsay Owens, the executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, said in a recent report: "It's really clear that a modest tax increase on millionaires—like the Fair Share Act—is just vastly preferable to the alternative, draconian budget cuts that are going to hit families hard."

April 9, 2026 Newsweek
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New Data Shows Trump’s Economy Faltering Before Illegal War in Iran

American families pay the price of stifled growth and creeping inflation while corporations rake it in amidst havoc in Middle East.

April 9, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative
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Dems eyeing 2028 want huge tax cuts — but big hikes for the rich

"It's clearly suboptimal policy," Alex Jacquez, who worked in the Biden White House's National Economic Council and now is a top aide at the liberal think tank Groundwork Collaborative, said of both proposals.

April 5, 2026 Axios
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The April jobs report looks good — but there’s rot underneath.

Adding insult to injury: there is some evidence, according to the progressive think tank Groundwork Collaborative, big corporations are taking advantage of all the confusion to impose inflationary price hikes in order to boost their own profits.

April 3, 2026 MS Now
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Trump Wages War on Working Families to Fund $500 Billion Pentagon Boost

President’s FY27 budget slashes programs that help families cover everyday costs to pour half-a-trillion into the Iran war and Pentagon as Americans’ trust in Trump’s economic agenda hits record lows.

April 3, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative
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March Job Gains Mask a Volatile Labor Market as Iran War Chaos Mounts

After February’s losses, March gains do little to reverse a slowing and unstable labor market.

April 3, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative
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On Liberation Day Anniversary, DNC Blasts Trump for His Tariffs as Working Families Shoulder the Costs.

Executive Director of Groundwork Action Lindsay Owens: “One year ago, Trump claimed his tariffs would ‘lower prices for consumers.’ We all know the reality: the opposite has happened. The Joint Economic Committee suggests his tariffs have cost families an average of $1,700 already and are slated to raise costs by another $2,500 per family this year alone.”

April 2, 2026 Democratic National Convention
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One Year After “Liberation Day,” Trump’s Tariffs Drive Up Prices While Corporations Cash In

One year on, working families see “Liberation Day” for what it really was: another destructive Trump policy that raised costs when Americans asked for relief.

April 2, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative
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Trump’s Liberation Day Tariff Hustle: Higher Prices, a Carnival of Corruption, and No Manufacturing Comeback

Groundwork Collaborative and American Economic Liberties Project fact sheet details how the Trump administration’s chaotic tariff regime became a game of closed-door dealings and Trump favoritism.

April 2, 2026 Groundwork Collaborative
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Walmart Caught In ESL Controversy As Legislators Move Against Digital Shelf Labels.

But Walmart can’t afford to sit idly by with such a pointed critique by Groundwork Collaborative’s executive director Lindsay Owens circulating with over 200k views, according to the organization.

April 1, 2026 Forbes
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