Scott Santens
Editor of Basic Income Today
EDITOR’S PICKS
From Stockton to Oakland, Santa Clara to San Francisco, basic income is gaining traction and proving effective
The Bay Area is ground zero for UBI. More than anything, these pilots could help normalize the concept of guaranteed income, for the public and national political leaders. by Benjamin Schneider “I’m hella proud of Oakland today,” Michael Tubbs said during a recent press event announcing one of the nation’s largest ever guaranteed income programs. Tubbs, the former mayor of Stockton who has become a national champion of guaranteed income, is starting to see his advocacy bear fruit downriver. Oakland is
Latest Articles
Hartford, Connecticut considering a UBI pilot
By Marc E. Fitch The City of Hartford’s Court of Common Council voted in March to create a task force
Organizations across the globe publish World Health Day manifesto in defense of vaccination and universal basic income
Capitalism is the problem, social movements denounce on World Health Day. By Michele de Mello, translated by Ítalo Piva
National basic income could quickly cut Canadian poverty in half: budget watchdog
Providing Canadians a basic income could cut poverty by almost half in 2022, based on the federal poverty line.
24% of unemployed workers have been jobless for over a year
By Greg Iacurci Nearly 2.4 million Americans were unemployed for at least a year, according to the Bureau of
‘Expedition Basic Income’ launches grassroots campaign for large UBI experiment in Germany
By Sarah Delahaye More and more people feel that universal basic income (UBI) could change our society for the
Income Inequality
A campaign for basic income has been launched by multiple unions in Turkey
“Social assistance provided as charity rather than rights do not prevent poverty but perpetuate it,” 92 groups have said
The Other Epidemic: Deaths of Despair
Anne Case and Angus Deaton provide a compelling account of the problem, but anemic solutions. The epidemic of deaths
What happens when all the rent comes due?
“An eviction is not a single event in a person’s life. It actually changes the trajectory of a life,
Opinion: We need to shift from a culture of fear to a culture of care to fight the politics of hatred
The human “fight or flight” response gives demagogues like Trump a tool for political manipulation. But we could replace
Pilots & Experiments
125 mothers in Marin County will begin receiving $1000 a month in basic income for two years
The Marin program will provide $1,000 monthly grants to 125 low wage-earning women of color who are raising at
San Francisco will provide $1000 a month in basic income to 130 artists for six months
Eligible artists must be aged 18 and over, have suffered loss of income due to the pandemic and have
Eighteen-month basic income pilot for 600 people of color to be launched in Oakland, California
By Sarah Ravani Oakland plans to start a guaranteed income program this spring for 600 residents — one of the
Two-year basic income pilot for at least 3,000 rural residents to be launched in South Korea
“The results of this experiment will demonstrate whether basic income is a fleeting issue or a means by which
The Social Debate
Consumers are Using Their $1400 Stimulus Checks to Pay Down Debt and Household Bills
What doxo’s data tells us about how consumers are spending their third $1400 stimulus check. doxo’s data shows that
Report: UK’s Department of Work and Pensions utilized ‘violent bureaucracy’ to reduce the number of people claiming benefits
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) admits they inflicted psychological harm on benefit claimants, engaged in unofficial sanctioning targets,
How faith, family — and timing — shape Mitt Romney’s efforts to change the child tax credit
His Family Security Act, which would pay parents a monthly stipend as they raise their children, has united an
For a better, faster recovery: €1,000 checks for Europeans
The bloc’s recovery efforts are falling short of those in the US. When European Commission President Ursula von der
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang’s ‘People’s Bank’ to Help Distribute Basic Income to Half a Million New Yorkers
“I wake up and I feel privileged that I may have a positive impact on the lives of other …
Martin Luther King III Endorses Andrew Yang for Mayor Because of His Support for UBI
“Andrew’s commitment to a basic income is why I’m endorsing him, and why we’ve worked tirelessly to support Democrats across the …
Cash relief for the poor now: Andrew Yang says he can deliver on Martin Luther King Jr.’s promise
Yang is a Democratic candidate for mayor of New York. King is a civil and human rights advocate. By: Andrew …
Yang’s Rivals in the NYC Mayoral Race Adopt Basic Income Guarantees Into Their Own Platforms
Andrew Yang favors a modified version of universal basic income that would provide payments of about $2,000 to a …
Success Stories
One Mom’s Basic Income Story from Jackson, Mississippi
A intimate and personal story that gets at the heart of the challenges of being a single mother. Imagine
Video: Thousands of people released from prison in 2020 were provided cash for three months. Here are the stories of four of them.
By the Center for Employment Opportunities To see original video, visit: https://vimeo.com/482823570
Biden’s Child Benefit Will Make Rent Affordable for Half a Million American Families With Children
The newly enacted child tax credit has the potential to reduce the number of rent-burdened households with children by
The Biggest Payoff From Stockton’s Basic Income Program: Jobs
A new report on the California’s city’s no-strings-attached money experiment shows that the $500 monthly stipend did more than improve
The Basics of UBI
A guaranteed basic income would help all Canadians fulfill their full human potential
Introducing a Basic Income Guarantee would cost a lot of money. The good news is that we can finance
Opinion: Why UBI?
This is a list of some arguments in support of UBI that I’ve most frequently come across during my
New book, The Case for Basic Income, explores current challenges in todays climate
“Although there is now a little library of books on Basic Income, we believe that our effort is unique
UBI can help LGBT+ people and it’s on its way
LGBT+ people have so much to contribute to our society—be it in enterprise, the arts or in our politics.
Workforce Automation
OpenAI’s Sam Altman: Artificial Intelligence can generate enough wealth to pay each adult $13,500 a year
By Catherine Clifford Artificial intelligence will create so much wealth that every adult in the United States could be paid
The workforce is automating faster than expected, displacing 85 million jobs in the next five years
Some jobs will disappear and others will emerge as the world faces a dual disruption The World Economic Forum’s Future
Half of all work tasks will be handled by machines by 2025 in a shift likely to worsen inequality, a World Economic Forum report has forecast.
Half of all work tasks will be handled by machines by 2025 in a shift likely to worsen inequality,
Flippy the burger-flipping robot goes on sale
The pandemic accelerates the adoption of automation across industries including the food services businesses. The impact on workers is