SUCCESS STORIES
Just one child tax credit payment reduced financial anxiety for 56% of families
By: Carmen Reinicke @CSREINICKE In August, millions of American families received the second of six advance child tax credit
Here’s what happened when a San Francisco nonprofit gave unhoused people $500 a month
Miracle Messages supports unhoused people with weekly calls and texts. Then it started giving them cash—and saw a massive
The monthly CTC has already resulted in a drop in reported food insufficiency in households with children
By: DANIEL J. PEREZ-LOPEZ A drop in the number of households with children that reported food insufficiency and trouble
Child tax credit: Families use payments for rent, food, debts
Christina Darling finally replaced her 2006 Chevrolet Equinox after it broke down several times while picking her children up
Mom provided basic income for a year explains how important it was to her
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
How the New Monthly Child Tax Credit Checks Are Already Changing Lives
“There’s very few good news stories, and this is one.” By: Sarah Jones Months into lockdown, Maggie Wiggin noticed
California lawmakers approve nation’s first state-funded guaranteed income plan
By: ADAM BEAM California lawmakers on Thursday approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S., committing $35 million
Basic Income Is Helping Chephirah Cover Her Bills, Plan Her Future and Finally Feel Hope
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
Basic income has extended a lifeline to South Bay former foster youth. Will concept go statewide?
By: Shwanika Narayan Veronica Vieyra is no stranger to the bottom falling out. After moving from Mexico when she
Opinion: The success of Canada’s CERB is proof a universal basic income is doable and beneficial
UBI programs are a hot topic among economists and policymakers. Can it live up to its promise to eradicate
Book celebrates the potential of a basic income
Study after study continues to provide mounting evidence that UBI works despite politicians obstructionists positions due to pollical pressures.
Researchers found that sharp declines in food shortages, financial instability, and anxiety coincided with the stimulus checks
Researchers found that sharp declines in food shortages, financial instability and anxiety coincided with the two most recent rounds
Basic income recipient: ‘I was able to stay above water’
It’s your money; spend it on whatever you need and enjoy the peace of mind. By: Malia Wollan “Let
Marica’s basic income guarantee has proven its worth in Brazil
Like an island surrounded by the Brazil of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, the city of Maricá is testing a
City in Brazil where a quarter of the population receives basic income sees employment increase during Covid while rest or Brazil sees record unemployment
Located just 60km from Rio de Janeiro, Marica has modelled itself into a very different city, paying residents a
Some Recipients Are Using Their Stimulus Checks To Grow Free Food for Their Communities
Fed up with the government’s failures during the pandemic, #1400Challenge is inspiring people to turn their front yards into
How a basic income pilot in D.C. is providing recipients a choice between $5500 (lump sum) or $1100 a month for five months
Proponents say no-strings-attached payments can boost urban development, narrow the racial wealth gap outside of emergencies too by Carey L.
For Tia, Basic Income Provided ‘A Little Push’
A personal story. By: Tia I was part of the very first Magnolia Mother’s Trust program, back when it
Excerpt About UBI from The New Possible: Visions of Our World Beyond Crisis
We can’t be an anti-racist, just society until we have safe and stable families and communities. And for this
One Mom’s Basic Income Story from Jackson, Mississippi
A intimate and personal story that gets at the heart of the challenges of being a single mother. Imagine
Video: Thousands of people released from prison in 2020 were provided cash for three months. Here are the stories of four of them.
By the Center for Employment Opportunities To see original video, visit: https://vimeo.com/482823570
Biden’s Child Benefit Will Make Rent Affordable for Half a Million American Families With Children
The newly enacted child tax credit has the potential to reduce the number of rent-burdened households with children by
The Biggest Payoff From Stockton’s Basic Income Program: Jobs
A new report on the California’s city’s no-strings-attached money experiment shows that the $500 monthly stipend did more than improve
Spain’s government has agreed to test a 4-day workweek where employees would make the same amount while working fewer hours
Spain will test a four-day workweek in a new pilot program this year, The Guardian reports. The government will
Child Tax Credit Opens the Door for UBI
Biden’s stimulus plan contains an experiment in Universal Basic Income. The bill’s child tax credit has the potential to
What a Modest Basic Income Might Have Done for My Mom
A guaranteed income gives people the mental, physical and economic benefits that come with a basic level of financial
Opinion: The new monthly child benefit shuts the door on Reagan’s punitive welfare legacy
How government-provided cash gives people the tools to solve their own problems. By Aisha Nyandoro and Natalie Foster As President
Stockton, California gave some residents $500 a month for two years. After a year, the group wound up with more full-time jobs and less depression
By Aria Bendix In Stockton, California, 125 residents got $500 per month, no strings attached, for two years. After
Unconditional Cash Program in Chicago Provides Further Evidence in Support of UBI
While enrolled in a universal basic income program, Patricia Jackson had access to a reserve of $3,200 that she
Universal Basic Income has been a ‘lifesaver’ to families during coronavirus pandemic: California mayor
By: Kristin Myers Universal basic income (UBI) has been a “lifesaver” for households participating in UBI pilot programs, Mayor
‘It’s our duty’: How giving Canadians a basic income can improve health and reduce costs
‘Poverty is expensive’: Toronto doctor says universal basic income actually costs society less By Kamyar Razavi & Mike Le Couteur Global News One
A Monthly Basic Income Changed This German’s Life, and Then the Lives of 650 Others
Michael Bohmeyer’s website, “My Basic Income,” has given randomly selected people almost $1,200 a month for a year to