Original press release can be seen here. Global Income Coin, a crypto non-profit company, secured $2 million to launch a new cryptocurrency that ultimately will provide a
By: Jo Caust See original post here. While artists struggle to get noticed in the Australian political arena, particularly in the lead up to an
By: Michael Williams See original post here. Women throughout B.C. are putting up banners across 13 different locations in the province, demanding Guaranteed Basic Income
By: Elaine Maag Original post can be seen here. As President Biden and congressional Democrats make another push to reach a compromise on a social
By: JULIA FELTON Original post can be found here. Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey is scrapping plans to use American Rescue Plan funding for a guaranteed
See original post here. During the State of the City Address on Wednesday, April 27, Mayor Siddiqui announced that the City of Cambridge will be
By: Heather Cherone. Original post can be seen here. More than 90,000 Chicagoans applied to be part of the city’s study that will test whether
“Means tests” restrict the availability of public assistance based on income, by making people “prove” they’re poor enough to deserve help. By: REV. DR. LIZ THEOHARIS, REV.
By: Leah Hamilton See original post here. In early 2021, Congress temporarily expanded the existing child tax credit to nearly every American child, and issued
By: Richard Murphy See original post here. The problem for the government in the developing economic crisis is it doesn’t want to take on more
There is strong evidence suggesting that stopping the checks basically caused nothing but avoidable harm according to a new report by the Federal Reserve Bank
In 2020 and 2021, government spending rose by almost £400 billion, covering policies from furlough to free school meals. This spending dominated the national conversation, but
By: Benjamin Parkin Original post can be found here. The UN has asked Sri Lanka to introduce a temporary basic income and negotiate “debt-for-nature” swaps
See original post here. The attached letter, signed by over 60 behavioral scientists from institutions around the country, was sent by the ideas42 Policy Lab
Original Article: https://inthesetimes.com/article/social-safety-net-economy-welfare By: JIM PUGH, SEAN KLINE, TERI OLLE AND ELENA CHÁVEZ QUEZADA APRIL 19, 2022 How much support do people actually receive from
By: Andrea Shalal. See original post here. Governments must target fiscal support to vulnerable populations hit hardest by rising energy and food prices, and now
Joe Manchin dealt the final blow to the Child Tax Credit. But the reasons it lapsed are deeper than one man. By: Dylan Matthews. See original
By: Audrey McGlinchy See original post here. Government aid programs often come with a laundry list of do-nots. For example, if you receive SNAP benefits, more
By: Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters See original post here. As Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers contemplate how to deliver the state’s surplus dollars back to Californians
See original post here. Targeted social protection programs intended to cushion people from the economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic have only had limited success
By: ALICE YIN See original post here. Chicago residents can start applying for the city’s $500-per-month basic income pilot program in less than two weeks, Mayor
By: Harrison Jones Original post can be found here. The research revealed the cost of living crisis’ impact on ordinary Londoners, with some participants explaining
By: CHRIS TAYLOR See original post here. Universal basic income – a tax-free, unconditional sum of money regularly given to everyone in a society –
By: Diana Bashur See original post here. _______________________________________ In a nutshell. What a regular, individual and predictable basic income has done is make people more
Monthly cash payments from the federal government last year may have helped some parents avoid taking out payday loans or selling their blood plasma in
By: Jana Kadah. See original post here. In an effort to disrupt the cycle of homelessness in California, another population may be getting guaranteed funding: low-income high
By: Jennifer Mills See original post here. The Australian Greens announced last week the addition of a Liveable Income Guarantee to their election platform. The
By: Paul Albani-Burgio See original post here. The executive director of a social justice group has joined the Palm Springs mayor in raising concerns that they and
By: Minerva Canto Original post can be found here. We now know what happens when we think the best of people in lower income communities: They
By: Carmen Reinicke See original post here. As inflation continues to weigh on American households, people are plotting what they’ll cut from their budgets in
By: JEREMY KAHN Read full original here. The creation and editing of photorealistic digital images is about to get much easier. OpenAI, the San Francisco artificial
By: Jack Horgan-Jones A total of 2,000 artists will be given a basic income of €325 per week under plans approved by the Government on
By: Stephanie Hughes See original post here. The phrase “humanitarian aid” likely conjures up mental images of boxes of food, blankets and tarps handed out
By: Leo Shane III Original post can be found here. House leaders are pushing military leaders to make eligibility and enrollment in the Defense Department’s new financial assistance
See original post here. Households who received the monthly Child Tax Credit in 2021 experienced a dramatic decline in employment after the credit expired, according
By: Devoni Whitehead Read original post here. After a long journey filled with long nights, Zoom calls, and several rounds of report edits, I am
by: Peter Knight Original post can be found here. This article is based on a post by Scott Santens, and quotes extensively from it, New information was
P.E.I. livable income advocate says private members bill creates ‘new level of importance’ as it takes basic income talks to the federal level By: Jill
By: Cristina Tomàs White. | Original post can be see here. Catalonia is set to become home to a large universal basic income experiment in
Red Chamber grappling with a flood of messages claiming basic income is a plot by a shadowy global elite By: John Paul Tasker · See original
My New Red Shoes (MNRS) is proud to announce Project Empower, a new basic income pilot that will provide direct cash assistance to immigrant survivors of
By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux See original post here. Imagine the federal government could lift millions of American children out of poverty with a single program. That program
Senator Simons who was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2018, after a long and distinguished career as one of western Canada’s most acclaimed
By: PATRICK THOMAS. Original Post here. _______________________________________ Highlights: Guaranteed income program provides former inmates with supplemental income 109 formerly incarcerated individuals will receive $600 a
A growing sense of inequality is undermining trust in both society’s institutions and capitalism, according to a long-running global survey. Original post here. The 2020 Edelman
Elizabeth Softky couldn’t work during cancer treatments and was evicted from her home. A guaranteed-income program helped her get permanent housing & paired her with
By: Nushrat Rahman Original Post: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/03/25/michigan-monthly-child-tax-credit/7134132001/ An extra boost in child tax credits relieved financial stress for Michigan families who used the monthly payments on the basics
Named after a quote from Karl Marx, a leaflet picked up in a second-hand bookshop uncovers an ambitious proposal backed by Sheffield City Council and
An EU-wide scheme could address progressives’ concerns about proposals for universal basic income. By: DOMINIC AFSCHARIAN, VIKTORIIA MULIAVKA, MARIUS OSTROWSKI LUKÁŠ SIEGEL Original Post: https://socialeurope.eu/towards-a-progressive-european-basic-income As the Conference
For the second half of 2021, millions of families received monthly child tax credit checks. Implementing a permanent child allowance could bring in billions in
Two years on from the first national coronavirus lockdown, Hannah Fearn examines the impact the pandemic had on mothers and argues that we can no longer allow
Millions of families are scraping by, barely, on half of what they need to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads.
The program gave 110 random residents $400 a month for one year. The results are impressive as measured by reduction in stress. By: Steve Lenox
Proceeds from tax would be paid out as dividend, incomes for most people overall By: Jon Stone. Original Post: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/carbon-tax-dividend-poverty-b2040618.html At a UK level the
By: John Quiggin. Original Post: https://theconversation.com/the-greens-liveable-income-guarantee-is-a-serious-idea-the-major-parties-wont-touch-yet-179573 The Australian Greens have lobbed a large rock into the placid pool of economic policy by announcing a proposal
The robots will take the most tedious, most dangerous jobs first, in most things. Trucking is no exception. By: Kyle Stock Original Post: https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/self-driving-trucks-could-replace-90-of-long-haul-jobs Autonomous
By: Eric W. Dolan Original Post: https://www.psypost.org/2022/02/exposure-to-automation-boosts-support-for-the-radical-right-study-finds-62650 People who are more vulnerable to having their jobs replaced by automation tend to be more supportive of radical
A group of Democratic state lawmakers on Wednesday called for sending a $400 rebate to every California taxpayer to help soften the blow of the
By: Stephanie Nebehay. Original Post: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ninety-percent-ukrainian-population-could-041213757.html?guccounter=1. Nine out of 10 Ukrainians could face poverty and extreme economic vulnerability if the war drags on over the
In December, the child tax credit lifted nearly 4 million children out of poverty. If it had been extended through 2022, it would have cut
In 2020, the South African government introduced a Social Distress Relief (SDR) Grant of R350 to provide much-needed support for those who were particularly vulnerable
Residents of New Mexico should expect Child Tax payment to begin again in the next few days. Will other states follow them? By: Stephen Silver.
By: Leo Aquino Original Post: https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/families-affected-child-tax-credit-payments-stopped-2022-3 _____________________________________ Highlights: US parents received $250 monthly child tax credit payments from July to December 2021 under Biden’s Build
By: Andrew MacAskill Original Post: https://news.yahoo.com/brits-350-pounds-month-open-001431626.html (Reuters) -Britain will pay people to open their homes to Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion as the government moves
Original Post: https://www.hotpress.com/music/public-consultation-on-basic-income-for-the-arts-pilot-scheme-received-1269-largely-positive-responses-from-artists-creative-workers-and-the-public-22896030 Following the launch of the online public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme earlier this year, a report about the
By: Jeong-Ho Lee. Original Post: https://lmtribune.com/world/south-korea-elects-yoon-as-new-president-in-hawkish-turn/article_16d2247b-f400-59f0-a242-d292a1eb3ae3.html Former top prosecutor Yoon Suk-yeol won election as South Korea’s president, returning the conservative opposition to power after five
By: Jerusalem Demsas. Original Post: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22951092/land-tax-housing-crisis A six-word phrase keeps popping up on my Twitter feed: “Land value tax would solve this.” In response to the inefficient
By: Aditi Shrikant. Original Post: https://grow.acorns.com/how-a-thousand-dollar-cash-handout-ubi-changed-nyc-mom/ ____________________________________ KEY POINTS: Since July 2020, Shakeya Hudson has received $1,000 per month in guaranteed cash payments from The
The U.S. and its allies should create a new global fund to deliver cash to the growing flood of refugees. By: SIMON JOHNSON and OLEG USTENKO Original Post:
House Bill 2278 could help accelerate Hawaii’s transition from fossil fuels. By: Noel Morin Original Post: https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/03/carbon-cashback-good-for-the-planet-and-the-pocketbook/ Hawaii’s leaders are moving along one of the most
By: Stacey Rutland Original Post: https://income-movement.medium.com/oregon-lawmakers-drop-the-ball-on-basic-income-f924e7bb0ec4 A new bill introduced by Rep. Brad Witt in the Oregon legislature would have established a state-run basic income
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 loops on seemingly endless repeat. An
Original press release can be found at: https://basicincome.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/220302_Pressrelease_EightBasicIncomeDRC-1.pdf Eight’s basic income project, in collaboration with IPIS, the Belgian Development Cooperation, Fairphone, Umicore and Proximus, announces
BY: TAHRA JIRARI Original Post: https://www.niskanencenter.org/an-expanded-child-tax-credit-aids-entrepreneurship/ Despite the best efforts of advocates, the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) expired in 2021. Some in Washington, including
By: Iris Samuels, James Brooks Original Post: https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2022/03/02/lawmakers-propose-1300-relief-checks-to-alaskans-from-unexpected-boost-in-state-revenue/ Lawmakers in the Alaska House are proposing a plan to pay Alaskans an additional $1,300 on top of the
By: ERICA Original Post: https://msmagazine.com/2022/02/24/front-and-center-17-erica-child-tax-credit-guaranteed-income-black-mothers-women-covid-magnolia-mothers-trust-jackson-mississippi/ _________________________________________ Front and Center is a groundbreaking series of op-eds—published by Ms. and created in partnership with the Magnolia Mother’s Trust—which aims
The program is being tested in Gainesville, Florida. By: Kiara Alfonseca Original Post: https://abcnews.go.com/US/guaranteed-income-experiment-hope-incarcerated/story?id=83046091 When Murray was released from prison in July, he didn’t have
By: DAVID CASASSAS, JULIE WARK, AND JEAN WYLLYS … Original Post: https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/25/brazil-amazon-world-about-a-universal-basic-income/ “If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature,
By: Eli Dvorkin and Mo Russell Leed Original Post: https://nycfuture.org/research/basic-income-for-transition-age-foster-youth The past four years, more than 20 cities and states across the country have launched
Means testing does not work like universal benefits, it denies people entitlements they have contributed to and are eligible for By: Peter Beresford Original Post:
Chicagoans can apply to the universal basic income program in April. It was one of four anti-poverty initiatives Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Thursday. By: Kelly
A child tax credit bill has passed the state House in Vermont and has moved on to the Senate. By: Stephen Silver Original Post: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/politics/child-tax-credit-advances-vermont%E2%80%99s-state-legislature-200759
An analysis from the Urban Institute shows that overall, the extra $5,500 provided short-term financial stability and peace of mind to hundreds of D.C. households. By:
By: Stacey Rutland | Original Post: https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/2022/02/18/dont-let-leaders-fail-our-most-vulnerable/6792301001/ During the current legislative session, the Oregon House Human Services Committee lacked the courage to move forward with
When kids age out of foster, they are at their most vulnerable. This is where UBI can do a world of good. By: Kenny Murray
By: Tabitha Mueller | Original Post: https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/reno-to-discuss-critical-need-for-affordable-housing | Amid growing unease about skyrocketing rental and home prices, Reno’s city council held a special meeting Tuesday
Thando Makhubu opened up an ice cream business during the coronavirus pandemic. He generated R10,000 within weeks thanks to a special grant. By: Phumi Ramalepe.
The Gary City Council will vote on an ordinance that would extend the guaranteed income program. Will the program continue? By: Molly DeVore. Original Post:
The Scottish Government has shown an “openness and interest” in bringing forward a basic income pilot for people leaving care, The National can reveal. The
Data confirm that the Child Tax Credit is more effective anti-poverty legislation than many of its policy peers yet it has lapsed. What’s next? By:
Scheme could tackle inequality, promote fairness, Lee’s top adviser says By: Ko Jun-tae Original Post: http://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220214000271 Bringing universal basic income to South Korea is central
Some in Congress say the child tax credit isn’t needed because Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is a success. Our reporting found it’s marked by
New Survey Reveals Rising Family Poverty and Child Hunger As Second Month without the Expanded Child Tax Credit Approaches Original Post: https://parentstogetheraction.org/2022/02/10/new-survey-reveals-rising-family-poverty-and-child-hunger-as-second-month-without-the-expanded-child-tax-credit-approaches/ According to a
Although the efforts by Jack Dorsey focus on Bitcoin and more traditional options, the GoodDollar initiative has potential. By: Chris Smith. Original Post: https://knowtechie.com/how-jack-dorsey-and-gooddollar-both-envision-a-universal-basic-income-based-on-cryptocurrency/ The
Young people leaving care to be offered £1600 a month for two years from the month after their 18th birthday By: Steven Morris. Original Post:
The Fundamental Rights commission of the Constitutional Convention of Chile proposed 2 different articles to guarantee a basic income. There is reason to be hopeful.
The Ann Arbor City Council is asking residents for input on how to spend $24.1 million of federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Will
Republican senators and representatives, including Utah’s Mitt Romney and Mike Lee, have signed on to ‘The Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2022’
As St. Paul’s guaranteed income program comes to a close, its recipients reflect on how it has helped them in their lives and careers. By:
Working families and those with new businesses depend on payments to make ends meet. By: Megan Curtis | Special to The Tribune Original Post: https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2022/02/03/megan-curtis-congress/
Congress failed to extend funding for the credit, and many families reflected on how the payments shaped their lives amid COVID-driven economic uncertainty and how
Some centrist Democrats are pushing to make the expanded Child Tax Credit means-tested. In practice, that often means restricting benefits for the very people who
America’s Endangered Solution to Child Poverty By: Kathryn A. Edwards. Original post: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-02-08/expanded-child-tax-credit-was-a-crucial-innovation The expanded child tax credit lapsed in December as the cost of
This week, Rashida Tlaib and Mondaire Jones introduced the End Child Poverty Act in Congress. It’s a watershed bill that would bring the US in
“These trees which he plants, and under whose shade he shall never sit, he loves them for themselves, and for the sake of his children
Phoenix City Hall. Each family selected is expected to receive $12,000 over the next 12 months. By: ELIAS WEISS. Original Post: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/city-of-phoenix-promises-of-1000-monthly-stipend-debit-cards-in-the-mail-12964052 Phoenix families selected
When wages are stagnating at the same time that big business is accumulating a staggering amount of wealth, it is an indictment of our democracy.
Steady, the tech platform cofounded by Shaquille O’Neal, has a community of 4 million members made up of contractors and gig workers in need of
Carbon dividends must be coupled with educational efforts to inform citizens about how much the carbon price is increasing their costs and that the carbon
What possibilities could open up for low-income families if financial survival weren’t always top of mind? What dreams would these mothers and families be able
The concept of a universal basic income has received increased attention since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. But what do the public think about
Studies show that just $3,000 over six months was enough to fundamentally reshape people’s lives. By: ADELE PETERS. Original post appears in: https://www.fastcompany.com/90717489/what-happened-after-these-unhoused-people-got-monthly-500-checks-two-thirds-have-homes When a
Ideology is a frequent discriminatory stumbling block that fuels opposition to basic income support for millions of South Africans By Alex van den Heever. Original post:
A guaranteed income program will pair money with important resources for a few dozen Philadelphians. By Devan McGuinness Original Post can be found here: https://www.fatherly.com/news/philadelphia-basic-income-pilot/ Raising
Three months after the City Council OK’d what’s touted as the largest such program in the United States — $31.5 million to help 5,000 needy
Basic income support also helps boost investment aimed at improving nutrition, healthcare, housing and transport, the report adds. By: Sarah Smit Original Post: https://mg.co.za/business/2022-01-28-a-big-deal-universal-income-support-could-resuscitate-south-africas-economy-report/ Despite
Real headway is being made in securing a basic income for people with disabilities in Canada – and that’s good for the whole basic income
This pandemic is not the last crisis that the U.S. labor market is going to face. UBI offers protection for the American people when crisis
Self-checkout, self-service, autonomous stores, DIY: The retail world is prepping for a future with fewer human workers and more technology involved in selling us stuff.
Participants in the proposed program would receive monthly payments for up to three years equal to the cost of rent for a 2-bedroom apartment unit
In 2020 and 2021, Tamara Ware received $1,000 a month from a basic-income program. The program provided monthly funds to 100 low-income Black mothers in Jackson,
Londoners back policies for financial security through the pandemic By: Zack Polanski Original post can be read here: https://www.london.gov.uk//press-releases/assembly/zack-polanski/londoners-back-policies-for-universal-basic-income More than twice as many Londoners
The infrastructure bill is a good start, but the U.S. must go much further in “domestic renewal” to truly compete with China. By: Scott Singer and Ben Silvian
By covering part of the cost of daycare, Child Tax Credit checks have allowed many mothers to continue pursuing a career despite the Great Resignation.
Guaranteed income programs have seen a recent surge in interest from politicians and members of the public. Here’s why. Read original post at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/equity-lab/article257602068.html BY
In less than two weeks, a new program, known as Excel, will start giving $500 a month to formerly incarcerated individuals by: Crystal Price. Original post
A new, privately funded program offers families in poverty a steady stream of cash. By Andy Newman Original post can be found at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/nyregion/guaranteed-income-nyc-bridge-project.html?searchResultPosition=2 The fliers
Original post can be seen here: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-01-cash-low-income-families-impacts-infant.html A team of investigators from six universities across the U.S. reports that an intervention designed to reduce poverty
By Ja’Ron Smith Original post can be found at: https://www.westernjournal.com/op-ed-conservative-argument-reviving-child-tax-credit-covid-lockdowns-ravage-families/ One of the most significant impacts of the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus
By: WILL KNIGHT Original post can be found at: https://www.wired.com/story/rent-robot-worker-less-paying-human/ POLAR MANUFACTURING has been making metal hinges, locks, and brackets in south Chicago for more than
Original post can be seen here: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60028468 UBI is where a government pays all individuals a set salary, regardless of their means. The Welsh government
By: Marlo Lacen SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The City of Shreveport says more than 22,000 people applied for the guaranteed income program before the midnight
By: Rick Newman Original Post: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/people-are-running-out-of-money-213744569.html One mystery of the labor shortage is the missing paycheck: How long can people choosing not to work last without an
People are being told they will have their benefits cut if they don’t attend job agency appointments, as government resists calls to pause ‘mutual obligation’
By: Scott Jaschik Original Post: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/01/18/california-may-try-basic-income-college-students California may soon experiment with giving $500 a month to low-income students in the California State University system, the Los
By: Valerias Bangert. Original article appeared in Venture Beat: https://venturebeat.com/2022/01/08/ai-is-quietly-eating-up-the-worlds-workforce-with-job-automation/ The debate around whether AI will automate jobs away is heating up. AI critics claim that these
Approximately 2,000 artists, actors, musicians and other performers are set to be paid a basic income by the Irish government for three years. By Robbie
A basic income would not necessarily mean that people would work less. This is the conclusion of a series of behavioural experiments by cognitive psychologist
By: Stephanie Akin. After a largely self-financed campaign that promised “universal basic income” from the government of $1,000 a month to people making $75,000 or less,
A work requirement would wreck the child tax credit’s impact on child poverty. By Arthur Delaney and Igor Bobic | Updated 14 hours ago WASHINGTON — It looks like
By: Wayne Simpson. As the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the deficiencies in income support systems in Canada, calls have been amplified for a Guaranteed Basic Income
The Canada emergency response benefit renewed calls for establishing a national livable income program By: Jaela Bernstien When the federal government launched the Canada emergency response
Some people support them, others reject them, here’s where the candidates stand With election day on Sept. 20, the time to make a decision is
By: Teresa Wright · Columnist Here we are, a week away from the federal election, and I can’t get a scene from the sitcom Seinfeld
As Democrats debate whether to extend the enhanced and fully refundable child tax credit (CTC) past this year, almost 450 U.S. economists have come out
by Justin Phillips on Sep. 12, 2021 When I talked to Sheryl Davis days after San Francisco announced the Dream Keeper Fellowship — a pilot
By: Hyonhee Shin. A South Korean politician who once said he aspired to be a “successful Bernie Sanders” is leading the field to replace Moon
One hundred Columbia-based fathers will soon have more money to provide for their families due to UBI pilots under guidance from the national organization Mayors
By: Arthur Delaney. The coronavirus pandemic threw millions of Americans into unemployment last year, leading to the first drop in household income from work since
As part of a composite motion to conference, Artists’ Union England is calling on the TUC to support UBI trials for workers in the creative
By: NATALIE FOSTER. There may be a lot that is still up in the air this back-to-school season, but there is one new constant for
Half of the participants will be Black women in an effort to address inequities uncovered a 2019 report. By: Jon Delano Pittsburgh City Council gave
Census surveys show that low income families are using the child tax credits to pay off debt. This is why it should be made permanent.
By: James Brooks In five hours of public testimony late last month, a line of Alaskans criticized members of the Alaska Legislature for failing to come
By: Sara Rizzo HudsonUP’s Universal Basic Income (UBI) Pilot Program (NY) is adding 50 more participants to receive $500 a month for five years. Twenty-five
By: PAIGE PFLEGER. The group Moving Nashville Forward has raised money for the city’s first guaranteed income pilot study. They plan to give 25 North
By: Juliana Kaplan. Highlights After dismal jobs numbers in the spring, about half of states in the US ended federal unemployment early. But research has
By: MATT O’BRIEN and PAUL WISEMAN. Ask for a roast beef sandwich at an Arby’s drive-thru east of Los Angeles and you may be talking
Michael Moritz and Douglas Perkins are the richest people in Wales with combined fortunes of billions of pounds. Surely giving them a basic income makes
by Toru Yamamori Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea, has been implementing the Youth Basic Income (YBI) programme since April 1, 2019. The English edition of the
Phil came to the U.S. in search of opportunity, but when COVID-19 hit he lost his job, immigration status, and health care when he needed
By: MICHAEL BARBA. San Francisco thinks it may have an answer for its rising gun violence problem: Paying people to not pull the trigger. The
By: Johnna Crider. I had a short chat with Harold Hedelman, the co-founder of Business Climate Leaders (BCL), the other day. We talked about the
Appropriately funded and managed, with no wiggle room for state incompetency or corruption, a Basic Income Grant could finally lay the foundation for sustainable healing
The country’s first guaranteed income experiment could be a model for a national roll-out of Universal Basic Income. BY YOUSEF BAIG. A residential fire tore through
By Michael W. Chapman In its latest survey on economic confidence, Gallup found that 60% of adults believe the U.S. economy is “getting worse” while only 37% think
Canada’s National Observer asked federal Green Party Leader Annamie Paul about hot-button issues in the upcoming election, and what Canada needs to focus on to tackle
A growing sense of inequality is undermining trust in both society’s institutions and capitalism, according to a long-running global survey. The 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer –
With affordability on many Ontarians’ minds this election, TVO.org looks at the credits and debits of basic income — and at where the major parties
Better technology and the need to pay higher wages to humans have produced a surge in sales of robots to big companies all across America.
by Tyler Prochazka After over a year of avoiding significant local COVID outbreaks, Taiwan experienced a scare in May with hundreds of cases emerging. This brought
For many American parents struggling to make ends meet during the Covid crisis, Biden’s child tax credit has already made a huge difference By: Bobbi
The government could give all Americans benefits that enable them to purchase what they need for a balanced diet. And I have modeled three different
Actor Greg Wise has said it is time to end “toxic Victorian thinking” about the “undeserving” poor and introduce Universal Basic Income. By: Judith Duffy
Unemployed residents struggling to survive on low state benefits are a preview of what could come nationwide as federal pandemic aid programs expire By: Yeganeh Torbati
By: Ben Winck A handful of Native American tribes are using federal pandemic aid for new rounds of stimulus payments. Across a handful of Native
By: Carmen Reinicke @CSREINICKE In August, millions of American families received the second of six advance child tax credit payments — hundreds of dollars per
As robotic technology evolves quickly to perform many tasks people can do – the labor market will feel its full effect. This is why UBI
Young people aged 14 to 24 may be the most vulnerable of all young people since WWII. Their mental health has been affected by: · A
By: Bob Seidenberg As many as 165 residents across a wide range of ages could be in line to receive a guaranteed income of $500 a
Pandemic a ‘natural experiment’ for universal basic income proposals By: Matt Wade The massive government support to JobSeeker and JobKeeper during the pandemic has given
Scottish ministers have launched a consultation on creating a minimum income guarantee just as Glasgow hosts the world’s biggest universal basic income conference By: Liam
By: Chad Swiatecki Joining the ranks of a handful of other cities interested in adopting some form of ongoing assistance for low-income residents, Austin has
By: LANCE LAMBERT As panicked states issued far-reaching shutdowns during the early days of the pandemic, the economy went into a complete tailspin. The immediate economic
Universal basic income has emerged as a major issue ahead of the presidential election, which is now just nine months away. BY: SHIM SAE-ROM, SOHN
Party says wealth tax would help cover its proposed services By: Catharine Tunney If elected, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is promising to bring in universal prescription
Miracle Messages supports unhoused people with weekly calls and texts. Then it started giving them cash—and saw a massive impact. By: Adele Peters For the
By: Graham Johnson A lifeline is on the way for more than a hundred South Sound families struggling financially. On Monday, organizers began accepting applications for a
By: ANDERS F. FREMSTAD Many of us have publicly supported this position before. Why are we doing so again now? Global climate change has reached crisis
Despite his loss in the Democratic primary, it appears at least one candidate for the general election in the New York City mayoral race will
By: DANIEL J. PEREZ-LOPEZ A drop in the number of households with children that reported food insufficiency and trouble paying household expenses may be linked
By: Contact: McKenzie Wilson Today, Fighting Chance for Families released a new poll of likely voters finding that people who have received the checks, and parents overall, overwhelmingly
In an attempt to put low-income workers on more solid financial footing, New Mexico lawmakers in recent years have approved a minimum wage increase and
Scotland is set to host the world’s largest universal basic income (UBI) conference this month. By: Craig Meighan Basic Income Network Scotland, in partnership with the
By: Michael Janda. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a social and economic disaster of almost unprecedented proportions in recent history. But, for one group of
Americans who lost their jobs to the Covd-19 pandemic are returning to work, but Black and Hispanic workers continue to have higher rates of unemployment.
The city of Alexandria, Virginia, is joining a growing number of cities across the U.S. that are sending money to poor residents, no strings attached.
Researchers estimate the expanded child tax credit will cut child poverty almost in half and poverty for Black Children by more than half. By: Sumbul
By: Greg Iacurci. ______________________________________ KEY POINTS: Homebase and UKG, which offer time-management and payroll services, issued separate analyses indicating employment hasn’t increased in states that
By: KEVIN CLARKE In the early months of the COVID-19 crisis, more than 1,200 economists from around the world urged governments in an open letter
The Center on Poverty and Social Policy’s research has helped to ensure that the poorest third of children in the United States receive the full
By: Greg Iacurci _____________________________________ KEY POINTS Federal unemployment programs that have paid jobless benefits since March 2020 are poised to end Sept. 6. It doesn’t
By: Spencer Daniels Uganda is a southeastern African country neighboring Lake Victoria, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania.
The Green Party has reiterated its calls for a universal basic income to offer protection for all, as the government risks the livelihoods of millions
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar introduced two bills Friday that are intended to create a grant program to fund local income pilots, a national guaranteed income program,
Christina Darling finally replaced her 2006 Chevrolet Equinox after it broke down several times while picking her children up from day care. But the 31-year-old
By: Sheila Bair The writer is former Chair of the FDIC and former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for Financial Institutions. More and more
Wales should explore paying everyone a basic income to study how it could improve lives for generations in the future, the First Minister is being urged. By: Sophie Howe UBI advocates including the Future Generations
Economy minister hopes prepaid card’s September launch will help bricks-and-mortar businesses struggling after lockdowns. By: Zoe Wood Adults in Northern Ireland are being handed free shopping vouchers
By Aliya Chikte and Gilad Isaacs Political will and strategic taxation channels could help bridge the yawning divide between the haves and the have nots
The most comprehensive study yet of the federal response to the pandemic shows huge but temporary benefits for the poor — and helps frame a
Consumers are facing sharp increases in prices at check-out, but are these related stimulus checks and the new payments for the Child Tax Credit? By:
By: Katherine Rodriguez If you are wondering if the federal government is sending out a fourth stimulus check at this time, chances are, the answer is no. However,
By: Theresa Edlmann, Engenas Senona, Erin Torkelson and Wanga Zembe On Sunday 25 July 2021 President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the R350 Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant will
The real test of a “real” universal basic income needs to include everyone. Can this approach survive the scrutiny that is sure to come? By:
As the idea of different versions of UBI continues to gather support among the public, attention is turning to specifics at how UBI would work
By: LAKEISHA Front and Center is a groundbreaking series of op-eds—published by Ms. and created in partnership with the Magnolia Mother’s Trust—which aims to put front and center
“There’s very few good news stories, and this is one.” By: Sarah Jones Months into lockdown, Maggie Wiggin noticed that her 7-year-old son had become
Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung, the front-running presidential contender for the ruling Democratic Party, made a campaign pledge Thursday to distribute universal basic income of
The videos of parents getting their checks aren’t just a fun meme — they suggest a path for making the one-year policy permanent. By: Dylan Matthews
Starting Thursday, the parents of 60 million U.S. children on Thursday began receiving monthly checks through the expanded federal Child Tax Credit. What lessons can be
Philosopher and political economist Philippe Van Parijs looks at whether the cultural sector could benefit from a period of re-thinking what work is. By: Christos
The introduction of a universal basic income (UBI) and freeing Scotland from a “crazy” system of welfare which generates poverty is one of the great
Ending these programs will mechanically throw the majority of people receiving benefits off UI rolls. What’s the real cost in human terms? The evidence reports an increase
A striking element of pandemic recovery planning in Wales has been the announcement of a Basic Income scheme. But what should this pilot look like
By: Tony Messenger The man standing under the bus stop shelter on Washington Avenue was looking around, seemingly aimlessly, until he caught my eye. I
Companies see automation and other labor-saving steps as a way to emerge from the health crisis with a permanently smaller workforce. UBI is now an
Guaranteed income programs are becoming increasingly popular in cities and towns across the country By Dan McGowan Providence is ready to roll out its guaranteed
By: ADAM BEAM California lawmakers on Thursday approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S., committing $35 million for monthly cash payments to qualifying
By MICHAEL HILTZIK Starting Thursday, the money will begin to flow in one of the most important government initiatives ever aimed at transforming the economics of
As rioters target supermarkets, activists call on the government to help those who cannot survive amid rising prices and mass unemployment. By: Anna Majavu The
By: CHEPHIRAH Front and Center is a groundbreaking series of op-eds—published by Ms. and created in partnership with the Magnolia Mother’s Trust—which aims to put front and center
Carter, Garcetti, and Tubbs are co-chairs of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income. Michael Tubbs is the former mayor of Stockton, CA. Eric Garcetti is the
The child credit in the stimulus package is just a temporary measure but it is like UBI for kids. Given the good it can do,
The Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act of 2021 would setup three-year program to provide a monthly income to test group and study impacts Today, Rep.
By: Shwanika Narayan Veronica Vieyra is no stranger to the bottom falling out. After moving from Mexico when she was 9, Vieyra shared a cramped
A British Columbia government-commissioned report dismissed the idea of a basic income, much to the disappointment of some antipoverty advocates. By: By Yuen Pau Woo.
New book highlights the need to distribute jobs, income and other essential resources in a way that treats people who are young and old as
By: Steven Pressman Raising children is expensive. A typical middle-class, two-child family spends $13,000 annually on each child, or nearly a quarter-million dollars per child
By: Jason Ruiz Five hundred households in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods will be part of Long Beach’s guaranteed income pilot program that will
Across the country, an unprecedented combination of stimulus checks and tax credits is helping families to weather the longstanding impacts of the Covid-19 crisis. By:
The need for social distancing led restaurants and grocery stores to seek technological help. That may improve productivity, but could also cost jobs. By: Ben
T20 Task Force 6 Statement The pandemic has increased poverty worldwide so in response, there is global interest in UBI. Can it become a reality
Its creators want a crypto-based UBI and plan to use an eyeball scanner to prevent fraud. By: Victoria Song If you thought cryptocurrency shenanigans ended
By: William Melhado For many students, juggling school and work presents a formidable challenge. Throw childcare into that equation and the task of staying afloat
Many Americans will receive their first e-commerce delivery by drone as more drones take flight. Changes inside and outside the warehouse will be needed By:
Vowing to alleviate unfairness and inequality, Lee promises to turn crisis into opportunity with powerful policies By: Kan Hyeong-woo Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung officially
While it’s promising to see our recovery in progress, we must reckon with the fact that our society functioning as normal simply wasn’t working for
The Commons Work and Pensions Committee has ruled Universal Basic Income is not ‘the right way forward’ for the UK – but only after a
The data trust could, for a fee, give controlled access to our data. Those fees would be collected and distributed to the citizens as dividends,
As the feds rollback Covid-19 income supports, more municipalities are experimenting with guaranteed income programs. An interview with the woman leading the movement. By: Michelle
Some workers learned to stand up for themselves a bit more during, and due to, the pandemic. Will this trend last? By MATTHEW ROZSA One of
Red tape, fraud-prevention efforts, and overwhelmed agencies left many Americans without benefits. By: Shawn Donnan and Reade Pickert Barb Ashbrook, who lost her part-time job
A new report published today (22.06.21) by Public Health Wales suggests that introducing a basic income scheme in Wales could be a catalyst for better health and well-being outcomes for all. The
The concept of monthly government payments to reduce poverty and increase economic security among the poor and middle class existed long before Andrew Yang threw
UBI programs are a hot topic among economists and policymakers. Can it live up to its promise to eradicate poverty and solve the crisis of
The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought calls for a universal basic income. While it’s no silver bullet, they can allow workers say
New data on consumer spending in the retail sector dipped in May after peaking in March with the passage of the third round of stimulus
Opposition Ishin pledges streamlined social safety net as election nears by consolidating social security programs into a single basic income plan. By: TSUBASA YODA Japan’s
The project joins a growing list of local experiments in no-strings-attached payments to homeless young adults. By: Sarah Holder New York will become the latest U.S. city to start
Worker displacement due to automation is not new and has been around since the Industrial Revolution. What’s matters now is what we do about it?
Recipients of the money can spend it as they wish, but will be asked to participate in periodic surveys about their physical health, mental health
Could an extra $500 a month change your life? One hundred fathers in Columbia are about to find out. By: Chris Trainor The Columbia City
BY MELISSA MONTALVO A Fresno-area politician wants California to prioritize struggling San Joaquin Valley farmworkers in a proposed pilot program that would put cash in the
Is more automation technology enough to improve working conditions or will it just displace more workers even faster? By: J. Fingas @jonfingas Amazon is once
The U.S. economy needs a sprawling labor force willing to work tough jobs at crummy wages to keep goods cheap and services plentiful. By: Ezra Klein
‘With UBI, individuals can determine what they need most, at the price they deem best’ By: CLARO ARRIOLA III The Philippines ended 2020 with poverty
Starting Tuesday, a select group of people in Germany will begin receiving €1,200 a month, no questions asked. The experiment will test the feasibility of
By Spectator EditorialThe Hamilton Spectator Hamilton is fortunate to have an organization like the Hamilton Community Foundation day in and out working to improve the life
The evidence is in: Sending out direct cash payments has been a full-blown success—and we can’t afford to stop. By: JIM PUGH It’s become almost
Minneapolis mayor releases his plan for spending portion of federal relief money. By: Katie Galioto The city of Minneapolis would pay about 200 low-income families $500
American cities are finally taking the safety net seriously. Is this UBI’s moment to make real progress? By: Sigal Samuel It seems like everywhere you look
Cortese, Gipson, Low, Boudin, and Advocates Discuss Groundbreaking Plan to Provide Universal Basic Income to Foster Youth in California Staff writers at East County Today,
Cutting off unemployment insurance early is all politics, not economics. This is why UBI is so critical. By: Emily Stewart Karen just needs a few more
Artist-Centered Employment Program and Guaranteed Income Program Recognize Artists as Critical Workers The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation today announced details for Creatives Rebuild New York (CRNY), a
Universal programs in moments of economic transformation prove to endure with popular support. Will it last? By: Shaby Missaghi History has a habit of repeating itself.
Public support for Universal Basic Income is growing day by day. Can we get to the point where UBI becomes a political imperative? By: Alexandra
Tory Government snubbing Universal Credit proves we should free Scotland from UK By: Annie Brown A Caribbean friend of mine taught me a new phrase
Government to develop three-year trial of full scheme for artists that would cost €27.4m a year By: Deirdre Falvey A basic-income guarantee was the top recommendation from
Study after study continues to provide mounting evidence that UBI works despite politicians obstructionists positions due to pollical pressures. Will UBI prevail? By Deirdre Pike and
Researchers found that sharp declines in food shortages, financial instability and anxiety coincided with the two most recent rounds of payments. By: Jason DeParle WASHINGTON —
Though imperfect, Covid support measures changed attitudes to those who have less money through no fault of their own By: Zoe Williams With an estimated
Despite political rhetoric, extra pandemic-era unemployment benefits largely don’t keep workers from accepting new jobs, according to a new paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of San
We should not underestimate the financial hardship young people and students face due to high levels of debt, rising levels of mental health problems and
By: NICK BOWMAN King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove announced this week that he intends to push for a preliminary study into universal basic income. Upthegrove noted
It’s your money; spend it on whatever you need and enjoy the peace of mind. By: Malia Wollan “Let the money give you peace of
As a result of the the Pandemic, people are taking a hard look at the type of jobs they take and people are rejecting working
The benefits of universal basic income is being recognized globally with the potential to provide everyone with a safety net that can improve the quality
Cash transfers go directly to people in need, while health insurance expansions pay mainly for care that the uninsured already receive, an economist says. By: Amy
Logistics automation companies say demand has grown during the pandemic as companies cope with big swings in volume and a tight hiring market By: Jennifer Smith
Government planning new basic income grant for South Africans aged 19 to 59 Social Development minister Lindiwe Zulu says that her department will move forward
Like an island surrounded by the Brazil of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, the city of Maricá is testing a leftist totem: the unconditional basic income.
New research finds a big rise in new businesses despite the pandemic, particularly in predominantly Black neighborhoods. By: Quoctrung Bui Over the last year, multiple stimulus
While not a single Republican voted in favor of the third stimulus check, only half of rural voters in a new poll gave Democrats any
A $3.46 million gift from #StartSmall, a charity created by the Twitter and Square CEO, funds the expansion. By: Lily Janiak San Francisco’s pilot program
Politicians recognize that we must fundamentally shift the idea that people who face financial insecurity have somehow failed. This is where UBI comes in. The
Covid has given the world a moment to re-evaluate our relationship to work, life and social justice. How can we create new policies to meet
Greater automation helped U.S. companies navigate the unprecedented disruption of the pandemic but at what price to workers. By: David J. Lynch Greater productivity is
‘You Can Trust People To Give Them Cash’: Why Skeptics Of Universal Basic Income Are Wrong By: Aidan Connelly In a win for proponents of universal
The highest health burdens from overwork were seen in men and in workers who are middle-aged or older, according to a WHO study. Working long
