Scott Santens
Editor of Basic Income Today
EDITOR’S PICKS
By 6-to-1 margin, voters say federal government should spend more on children
By: Michele Kayal See original press release here. American voters believe — by a roughly 6-to-1 margin — that the federal government is spending too little on the health, safety, and well-being of our children. A nationwide poll of 1,000 likely voters conducted in May by Lake Research Partners found that Americans strongly support increasing our investments in children and prioritizing their needs in public policy, with education, child abuse,
Latest Articles
Guaranteed basic income pilot in Sacramento to be expanded soon
BY: ALEXANDRA YOON-HENDRICKS See original post here. Eighty households in the city of Sacramento are poised to start receiving
Fed data shows families fared better when Child Tax Credit came monthly
By: Arthur Phillips See original post here. Last month, the Federal Reserve released its annual Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S.
Universal Cash: Every tax filer in Colorado will get $750
By: Dara Bitler See original post here. The newest June budget forecast released on Tuesday shows that every Colorado taxpayer will
Chicago Taps Direct Cash Charity to Give Residents $500 a Month
By: Shruti Singh See original post here. A nonprofit that originally focused on giving cash to impoverished people in
Solving poverty takes more than just talk
By: Michael Tubbs Original post here. If you want to solve poverty, you can’t do it without listening to
Income Inequality
Inequality report brings buzz back to universal basic income scheme
By: N Chandra Mohan. See original post here. There is again a buzz surrounding the provision of a universal
Global Income Coin Raises Funding to Develop Universal Basic Income Through Crypto
Original press release can be seen here. Global Income Coin, a crypto non-profit company, secured $2 million to launch a new
Should the Basic Income Grant become a permanent line item on the national budget in South Africa?
In 2020, the South African government introduced a Social Distress Relief (SDR) Grant of R350 to provide much-needed support
How Basic Income Prevents Violence
BY LEA HOEFER, ERIC REINHART, AND TANYA L. ZAKRISON Original Post: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/how-cash-transfer-programs-prevent-violent-crime.html Every night in Chicago, trauma surgeons face a scenario that
Pilots & Experiments
Ulster County extends basic income experiment
By: PATRICIA R. DOXSEY See original post here. Ulster County, (NY), in is extending its universal basic income pilot
More than 9,000 artists apply for basic income in Ireland
By: Jennifer Bray See original post here. More than 9,000 artists have applied for a new dedicated basic income
New Orleans hopes giving young people a guaranteed monthly income can break the cycle of poverty
By: Roby Chavez. See original post here. New Orleans has launched a first-of-its-kind program that provides monthly payments to
Poland to test basic income with up to 31,000 recipients
By: Bartosz Sieniawski See original post. The Association of Warmia and Mazury Borderland Communities will distribute a monthly 1,300
The Social Debate
Analysis of the Family Security Act 2.0
By: JOSHUA MCCABE, ROBERT ORR. See original post here. Policymakers are looking for ways to break the stalemate over
Why racial justice organizations are calling on Congress to reinstate the enhanced child tax credit
By: Carmen Reinicke See original post here. A group of more than 40 racial justice organizations are calling on
Universal basic income could save more lives than any other income support policy: study
By: Gianna Melillo See original post here. ___________________________________________ Story at a glance > Millions of Americans live below the
Basic Income Grant in South Africa sparks debate of poverty versus economic sustainability
By: Kristin Engel. See original post here. Cape Town – Amid increased calls for a Basic Income Grant (BIG),
Andrew Yang
Success Stories
South King County Pilot Shows Promise of Guaranteed Basic Income
By: Devoni Rose Whitehead See original post here. In 2020, King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay initiated the King County
Pandemic-era checks rewired how these Americans see money: ‘Stimulus changed how I think about what’s possible’
By: Greg Iacurci See original post here. ________________________________________ KEY POINTS: Pandemic-era stimulus checks helped many Americans pay bills, reduce
How’s Tacoma’s guaranteed basic income program going?
By: Libby Denkmann and Noel Gasca. See original post here. The rising cost of everyday goods and the end of
A New Orleans school gave students $50 a week. Then researchers watched how they spent it.
By: MARIE FAZIO See original post here. Once a week for a year, $50 was deposited into Jalen Hyde’s
The Basics of UBI
4 Ways Universal Basic Income Could Change Canadian Health Care, According to Health Economists
By: Rebecca Gao See original post here. When the federal government launched the Canada emergency response benefit (CERB) in
The UN has asked Sri Lanka to introduce a temporary basic income
By: Benjamin Parkin Original post can be found here. The UN has asked Sri Lanka to introduce a temporary
What would a basic income mean for the Arab world?
By: Diana Bashur See original post here. _______________________________________ In a nutshell. What a regular, individual and predictable basic income
Long-lost leaflet reveals radical 1986 plan for a basic income for all in the UK
Named after a quote from Karl Marx, a leaflet picked up in a second-hand bookshop uncovers an ambitious proposal
Workforce Automation
Amazon’s drone delivery service is finally starting
By: Joann Muller. See original post here. Nearly a decade after Amazon began working on drone delivery, customers living in
Autonomous cargo ship completes first ever transoceanic voyage
By: Anthony Cuthbertson See the original post here. A self-steering ship has completed the world’s first transoceanic voyage of
Autonomous trucks will deliver goods to Dallas Sam’s Club stores
By: Joann Muller See original post here. Autonomous trucks developed by Gatik will soon be delivering paper plates and
Driverless taxis to begin offering ride services in San Francisco
By: Joann Muller. See original post here. General Motors-backed Cruise got the green light from California regulators last week