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Norway to become next country to run a basic income pilot
By providing a guaranteed minimum income to all young people under the age of 30 who are out of work or further education, the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration in this city hopes to encourage more people to enter the workforce. But will they bother to work then?
Why some lawmakers in some states are fighting the basic income programs many cities are testing
In five states, Republican politicians are trying to ban programs that provide low-income people with monthly payments of $500 to $1,000 for a year or two, with no strings attached.
More than 82,500 residents applied for Harris County’s $500/mo basic income program
Harris County’s guaranteed basic income program received more than 82,000 applications from residents before the online portal closed earlier this month
Guaranteed basic income program coming to Fresno County this summer
The Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission announced that a guaranteed income pilot would finally come to Fresno County after the area missed out on funding from the state last year.
Pilot Results from Arlington: Employment and Incomes from Work Both Increased
Results from Arlington’s first guaranteed income pilot reveal that an additional $500 per month significantly enhanced the quality of life for impoverished families.
Writer Kerry Hudson: ‘Universal basic income just makes sense’
Writer Kerry Hudson: ‘I grew up with the narrative that working-class mothers were the worst’
Hephzibah Anderson
The author on following her acclaimed debut Lowborn with a memoir about motherhood, why her next two books will be thrillers, and the power of toast to bring cheer
How government plans to pay for a Basic Income Grant in South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa is looking to try make the shift to a Basic Income Grant a reality following renewed calls in this year’s ANC’s January 8th statement – but questions have arisen as to how the country is going to fund it.
They’re getting $1,000 a month for 3 years. How guaranteed income is changing lives in L.A. County
L.A. County’s Breathe program gives participants $1,000 monthly for three years, more money over a longer period than similar programs.
Minneapolis is giving people $500 a month and recipients say it is helping them fight soaring housing costs
Two hundred low-income households in Minneapolis are receiving $500 a month for two years.
D.C. sent $10,800 to dozens of new moms. Here’s how it changed their lives.
In 2022, the D.C. government announced a pilot program that offered 132 new and expecting low-income mothers $10,800 over the course of a year — no strings attached — intended to assess how unconditional cash payments could improve their families’ outcomes and economic mobility.
Alaska Is a Case Study for Universal Basic Income
For Alaskans, the concept behind universal basic income has been alive and well for the last 40 years.
Cash payments for WA residents? Lawmakers propose trying out basic income program
Washington Democrats want to give 7,500 low-income state residents recurring cash payments for two years, no strings attached.
Financial stress linked to worse biological health
People who experience stressful life events or circumstances are more likely to have worse biological health, as indicated by biomarkers involved in the interaction between our immune, nervous and endocrine systems, according to a new study by UCL researchers.
Opinion: Basic Income Experiments of Longer Duration are Needed
Too many experiments in paying struggling households a set stipend are too short. It’s time to move on to tests that last five to 10 years to really prove the concept works.
Austin Gave Poor Families a Basic Income. It Changed Their Lives.
For one year, low-income families in Austin, Texas, received $1,000 a month to do whatever they wanted; they spent it on rent and “substantially” improved their situations.
One year of basic income in Minneapolis
A wave of experimentation in the way that U.S. cities, counties, and states support households with low incomes is sweeping the country, and Minneapolis is at the leading edge.
Opinion: A properly functioning social security system is a major stimulus to economic growth
South Africa needs to revisit and rethink the use and role of its social security system, not as a poverty alleviation tool, but as a demand-side economic stimulus to meet short-term economic growth.
Humanoid robots will join BMW’s production line
BMW’s newest autoworker is 5’6,” 130 pounds, walks on two legs, uses five-fingered hands to assemble machines — and takes a break every five hours to stroll to a charging station and plug itself in.
Denver basic income pilot scores $5 million to extend program for another 6 months
Basic Income Project’s new funding includes $2 million expected from city; program helps more than 800
Opinion: Make America Mad Again—Mad About the Trillions of Dollars Taken From Them by the Very Rich
The 40-year trickle-down delusion, fashioned by right-wing economists, politicians, and financial experts, has deprived average Americans of the means to support their families in a comfortable, debt-free manner. It was planned. It’s insidious. It’s ongoing. And it should outrage every last one of us.
As robot baristas and AI chefs debut at Vegas tech show, casino union workers fear for their jobs
Hospitality workers told the Associated Press in interviews over eight months of bargaining that they were willing to take a cut in pay while on strike to win stronger job protection against inevitable advancements in technology.
IMF chief says now is the time to act to create a set of policies ensuring the impact of AI is beneficial to humanity
Kristalina Georgieva said now is the time to act to create a set of policies ensuring the impact of AI is beneficial not detrimental to humanity.
Texas Senator Questions Legality of Harris County’s Basic Income Program
Bettencourt asked the Texas attorney general to weigh in on whether the plan to give $500 monthly stipends violates the Texas Constitution.
These L.A. residents got $1,000 a month. What happened after the cash stopped?
These L.A. residents got $1,000 a month. What happened after the cash stopped?
Proposal would bar universal basic income programs in Iowa
Calling taxpayer-funded basic income programs “insane,” “socialism on steroids” and “an attack on American values,” a pair of Republican state lawmakers on Thursday advanced legislation that would prohibit such programs in Iowa.
Aurora finalizes design of self-driving trucks it will make with Continental
Aurora aims to deploy a dozen or so self-driving trucks this year, with an eye toward having thousands on the road in 2027.
How would the Smith-Wyden tax package impact families?
The proposed tax package includes several changes concerning business deductions, international trade, housing, and families.
Wealth of the world’s five richest people more than doubled since 2020 while 5 billion people globally became poorer
“This inequality is no accident; the billionaire class is ensuring corporations deliver more wealth to them at the expense of everyone else,” said Oxfam’s interim executive director.
‘I can concentrate full-time on my art’: 14 months of Ireland’s Basic Income for Artists
The innovative Basic Income for the Arts scheme offers artists a payment of €325 per week. Broadly welcomed in the sector when introduced in 2022, we look at how the pilot project has been doing
Why Do We Work So Much?
Technology should have reduced our work hours. Why hasn’t it?
Michigan’s $55M experiment with guaranteed income begins with Flint moms
A new cash-assistance program will provide money to the mothers of newborns Audrina Gatica and Khim’Meir Taylor, who were thrust into the spotlight Wednesday as the program officially opened for applicants.
The Child Tax Credit Is Back From the Dead
Two years after the expiration of the expanded child tax credit, a pandemic-era policy that temporarily but dramatically lowered child poverty rates, federal lawmakers are close to a bipartisan deal that may reinstate some version of the credit.