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Basic Income for the Arts: The Pilot Scheme That Could Transform How We Make Art
By: Ella Smyth 2,000 artists across Ireland were recently selected to receive €325 a week as part of the
Opinion: Basic Income is the Foundation Stone of a Citizen Future
By: Jon Alexander The doom-laden headlines of our times would seem to indicate there are two futures on offer.
Bold new basic income strategy could help tackle mental health crisis among young people
See original article here. Researchers at the University of York played a key role in a major new study
There’s new optimism the $300 monthly child tax credit checks can be renewed — but the relief may look different
By: Lorie Konish When Natacha Chavez began receiving monthly child tax credit payments last year, it added $500 per
Young Baltimore parents feel immediate effects from basic income
By: Adam Willis Ever since she was teenager, Jewels Hawkins says she’s been more or less on her own.
What Happens When You Give 6,000 Americans Guaranteed Basic Income? The Results Are In
By: Kristi Pahr In nearly two dozen cities around the country, 6,000 low-income individuals and families have been taking
The False Economy of Means-Tested and Conditional Income Support
By: Hein Marais Battle lines separate the demand for a universal basic income (UBI) from the hold-out view that
How universal basic income entered the political mainstream
By: Colin Drury It’s near the end of the month, and all 2.1 million adults living here have just
Illinois cities including Chicago just started giving some residents $500 every month
By: ELLA CERON AND BLOOMBERG Chicago and other cities in Illinois are offering some of their residents a guaranteed income in pilot
How a guaranteed $600 per month is changing the lives of the formerly incarcerated
By: Sarah Krueger Tydricka Lewis is appreciative of the $600 she’s given each month as part of Durham’s guaranteed
Universal basic income and macro models: What can we learn?
By: Geoff Crocker The macroeconomics of universal basic income (UBI) is insufficiently addressed, both in proposing and in evaluating
As inflation hits, people turn to crowdfunding to meet basic needs
By: Vinod Rajasekaran Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced a $4.6-billion package of income-tested measures to help Canadians cope with
To Win in the Midterms, Democrats Should Go All In on Reviving the Child Tax Credit
By: JIM PUGH With the November midterm elections fast approaching, the path the United States government will take over
Poll: UBI supported by 59% of all voters in the UK – and 71% of progressive voters
By: Sam Gregory A groundbreaking new report has revealed majority support in the UK for a wide range of progressive
Universal Credit is cruel, inefficient and counterproductive – it must be scrapped for UBI
By: Ben Ramanauskas Last Thursday night my friend burst into tears explaining that the job centre was deciding whether
Data shows Shreveport Basic Income is money well spent
By: Marlo Lacen New data released on Tuesday shows how families enrolled in Shreveport‘s Universal Basic Income program are spending
Cash for farmworkers? California lawmaker says new $20 million idea will help amid drought
By: MELISSA MONTALVO Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have put cash in the hands of eligible
The crisis of waged work reinforces the need for a universal basic income
By: Hein Marais According to economic geographer David Harvey ‘labour is becoming less and less significant to how the
85% of the world’s population will live in the grip of stringent austerity measures by next year
See original article here. Despite millions of people being pushed into hunger and poverty, 143 countries — including 94
Can NYC become more equitable? Universal basic income, mobile health units among ideas in new report.
By: Chau Lam As New York City slowly emerges from the havoc wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic that brought
Basic income grant is needed to avert social upheaval
By: NEIL COLEMAN Views are sharply polarised, with unions and civil society campaigning for the introduction of a BIG
Support For Basic Income Is Growing, So Where Are The Feds?
By: WIL ROBERTSON Moncton city council voted unanimously to call for the provincial and federal governments to work to
Biden Has Helped the Quiet Revolution of Giving People Money
By: Farhad Manjoo Among the big changes ushered in by the pandemic was a quiet revolution in American welfare
For More Than 20 Guaranteed Basic Income Projects, the Data Is In
By: Sarah Holder In more than 20 US cities that launched basic income programs during the pandemic, the average person receiving
Ottawa group says there’s enough evidence to support a basic income program
By: Kate F. Mackenzie An Ottawa group is advocating for a basic, livable income for those living below the
This man wants to give $1,000 to every poor person on Earth – but could his plan really work?
By: Will Brown More than a trillion aid dollars have been pumped into the continent since the 1960s. Famines
Proposal for Prince Edward Island Basic Income Now at Advanced Stage
By: Marie Burge Never before has the need for a basic income for Canadians been more urgent, and never
If you file taxes in these 17 states, you could be getting an inflation-relief check from the government—here’s who qualifies
By: Mike Winters Since prices for necessities like shelter and food have risen by 8.5% year-over-year, many U.S. state
New $42M guaranteed basic income program is using innovative tech to distribute funds
By: Chase DiBenedetto As guaranteed income programs continue to expand and benefit thousands of families around the country, Illinois’
What is Hartford’s basic income pilot program and when will it start?
By: Jonah Dylan HARTFORD — The city is moving forward with a planned universal basic income pilot program, but
Mountain View Set to Launch Basic Income Pilot Program
By: Ginger Conejero Saab The city of Mountain View on Thursday was set to launch a basic income pilot
Opinion: Implementation of a basic income grant could help eliminate the need for ‘black tax’
By: Cuba Houghton See original post here. The necessity of a black tax would in many ways be alleviated