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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
Providing $7500 each to 50 homeless people resulted in a savings of $8100 per person according to new unconditional cash grant experiment
A Vancouver-based research project gave homeless individuals cash and tracked their progress for a year. The 50 cash transfer
Has guaranteed basic income’s time arrived in Canada?
As people’s livelihoods have been thrown into upheaval amid the pandemic, public desire for a stronger safety net has
Even brief stays in poverty can cause children lifelong harm, and money helps prevent poverty.
The virus doesn’t sicken kids as much as adults. But it can still destroy their futures. A child allowance
A single mother of three in Jackson, Mississippi, received $1,000 a month in basic income for a year. Here’s what happened.
Can Guaranteed Income Help Americans Escape Poverty? Ciara McDonald, a single mother of three in Jackson, Mississippi, received $1,000
The Pandemic Proved That Cash Payments Work
The Pandemic Proved That Cash Payments Work An extra $600 a week buys freedom from fear. by Annie Lowrey
The little known story of Canada’s decades old basic income experiment
Canada’s forgotten universal basic income experiment By David Cox Amid wide unemployment during Covid-19, basic income schemes have
Canadian CERB teaching people what basic income might feel like
Canadian universal basic income experiment has been life-changing for those unemployed amid coronavirus One economist calls it a “modern
Stockton’s Basic Income Demonstration Shows Value of Solid Economic Foundation — Especially During Pandemics
Stockton has been testing a universal basic income since 2019 — it’s working The Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, a
Four years into the 12-year UBI experiment in Kenya, lives are transformed
Could universal basic income change aid forever? For four years, the villagers of Magawa in rural western Kenya have
Finland’s basic income experiment: new research reveals significant diversity in participants’ experience
The report on Finland’s 2017-2018 basic income experiment illustrates great variance in how the experiment affected participants’ lives. University
Universal Basic Income Fixes the Problem of People Not Having Enough Money to Not Be Poor
Give a Buck is Mashable’s deep dive into Universal Basic Income — an idea gaining currency in a time of
Interview with Award-Winning Photographer Jessie Golem of ‘Humans of Basic Income’ Fame
I recently had the chance to correspond with award-winning photographer Jessie Golem. Her outstanding and well-renowned photography series “Humans