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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
Government-commissioned report in India recommends nationwide UBI implementation
See original post. A REPORT commissioned and released by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has
Cook County, Illinois launches largest guaranteed basic income pilot program yet; thousands of residents to get $500 a month for 2 years
By: Elvia Malagón See original post here. Cook County residents soon will be able to apply for a program
The ‘time has come’ for a Universal Basic Income says Mayor of Manchester
By: Basit Mahmood See original post here. Andy Burnham has said that Universal Basic Income is an idea ‘whose
How Atlanta’s guaranteed basic income program is helping this mother of four further her career
By: Liza Lucas See original post here. Belinda Hunt has big dreams for her family. She dreams of becoming
‘I’m not giving up’: Senator Bennet’s drive to make the enhanced Child Tax Credit permanent
By: Caitlyn Kim. See original post here. For more than eight years, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet has been trying to
How University of Chicago experts will help evaluate Chicago’s new guaranteed basic income pilot
See original post here. The city of Chicago is accepting applications to one of the most ambitious guaranteed income
Universal basic income for artists? Cities are trying it
By: Hakim Bishara See original post here. Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta has learned to perfect the art of the hustle. Born
Opinion: Hong Kong Should Implement Universal Basic Income
By: Charlie Chan See original post here. I strongly agree with your editorial “Abolish MPF raids by bosses immediately”
A guaranteed basic income could end poverty, so why isn’t it happening?
By: Lorne Whitehead & Jiaying Zhao See original post here. On April 27, Senator Diane Bellemare published an op-ed in
Alaska Senate approves budget that includes $5,500 universal cash payments
By: Eric Stone. See original post here. Alaska’s Senate has approved a budget that would provide $5,500 in payments to
Alaska Senate approves budget that includes $5,500 payments to residents
By: Eric Stone. See original post here. Alaska’s Senate has approved a budget that would provide $5,500 in
Giving People Money With No Strings Attached Is Good for Their Health, Dozens of Studies Indicate
By: Sze Yan Liu See original post here. The Big Idea When people living in poverty in countries like
Up to $850 in Stimulus Checks Could Be Coming for People in 11 States
By: Kristi Pahr Original post can be found here. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government released
Applications end this Friday for Chicago Resilient Communities guaranteed basic income program
Original post can be seen here. Time is running out to apply for the Chicago Resilient Communities guaranteed basic
People from societally advantaged groups think equality-promoting policies will affect them negatively, even if they would actually benefit
By: Carissa Wong See original post here. People from privileged groups may misperceive equality-boosting policies as harmful to them,
$1,000 a Month for Farmworkers? Proposed Basic Income Payments Aim to Help Amid Drought
By: MELISSA MONTALVO. See original post here. A Democratic lawmaker from the central San Joaquin Valley wants to put
Austin Approves First Guaranteed Basic Income Program in Texas
See original post here. Austin has become the first Texas city to approve a pilot program that will provide
New Orleans launches pilot guaranteed basic income program: $350 monthly for young people
By: BEN MYERS See original post here. Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration has launched a new, privately funded program to provide monthly
Applications are now open for a new 2-year guaranteed basic income program in Atlanta for Black women affected by COVID-19
By: Jess Mador Original post can be found here. Applications are now open for the Old Fourth Ward’s new
Building back for justice requires enhanced Child Tax Credit
By: KRISTIE WEILAND STAGNO See original post here. Who is most likely to be poor in America? Children. Their
What will it take to make basic income programs permanent?
By: TALIB VISRAM Original post can be seen here. Guaranteed income has been having a moment: city-wide direct cash pilots
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
Opinion: Australia should have a universal basic income for artists
By: Jo Caust See original post here. While artists struggle to get noticed in the Australian political arena, particularly
B.C. women demanding guaranteed basic income for Canadians
By: Michael Williams See original post here. Women throughout B.C. are putting up banners across 13 different locations in
Congress Can More Modestly Expand The Child Tax Credit And Still Help Very Low-Income Families
By: Elaine Maag Original post can be seen here. As President Biden and congressional Democrats make another push to
Pittsburgh scraps plans for guaranteed basic income program
By: JULIA FELTON Original post can be found here. Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey is scrapping plans to use American
Cambridge to be first city in the US to provide guaranteed income to every family living in poverty
See original post here. During the State of the City Address on Wednesday, April 27, Mayor Siddiqui announced that
90,000 Chicagoans Applied for Chicago’s Guaranteed Basic Income Program in 24 Hours
By: Heather Cherone. Original post can be seen here. More than 90,000 Chicagoans applied to be part of the
Opinion: Don’t ‘Means Test’ the Child Tax Credit
“Means tests” restrict the availability of public assistance based on income, by making people “prove” they’re poor enough to
Opinion: The US may have stumbled onto the cure for child poverty
By: Leah Hamilton See original post here. In early 2021, Congress temporarily expanded the existing child tax credit to
Opinion: The government would rather people starve or be homeless than create new money
By: Richard Murphy See original post here. The problem for the government in the developing economic crisis is it