See original post here. HAZEL GREEN, Ky. — As he claimed the first spot in a mile-long line for free food in the Appalachian foothills,
By Daniel Ziffer Original article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-09/basic-income-push-in-australia-after-covid-welfare/100681912 Single mother Juanita McLaren never stops thinking about money, because she doesn’t have it. “It’s the number one thing that
By Ted Alcorn Original article: https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVfwYyPtM7k/ted-alcorn Atani Bamaze was working his small plot of land, scything weeds down to the rust-colored soil, when he received a
By: MATT O’BRIEN and PAUL WISEMAN. Ask for a roast beef sandwich at an Arby’s drive-thru east of Los Angeles and you may be talking
By: Johnna Crider. I had a short chat with Harold Hedelman, the co-founder of Business Climate Leaders (BCL), the other day. We talked about the
The disconnect between poverty and unemployment is not surprising but as of last month, the U.S. poverty rate has been on an upward trajectory. It
By: Jemima McEvoy TOPLINE With 3 million votes already cast for the U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia, state Democratic Party pillar Stacey Abrams, who has
From the time COVID hit the U.S., politicians have continually failed to support citizens with new stimulus payments. The price will be high. By: Lorie
Juggling Financial Stress And Caregiving, Parents Are ‘Very Not OK’ In The Pandemic By: RHITU CHATTERJEE. — Back in early spring, Khristan Yates worked as
Half of adults who say they lost a job due to the coronavirus outbreak are still unemployed By: KIM PARKER, RACHEL MINKIN AND JESSE BENNETT. It’s been roughly six
The Republican support for emergency cash payments as a central part of CARES Act, the recently passed coronavirus relief package, surprised many. What could possibly be
The number of Americans who have filed first-time claims for unemployment benefits has blown past previous records – more than 24 million have filed since mid-March, when
The CARES Act provided many Americans with financial relief in the form of a $1,200 stimulus check. But as that program rolls out, it has
In the darkest hour of the coronavirus pandemic, in the face of an expected 30 percent unemployment rate and a likely new Great Recession, income-supplementing programs are
OTTAWA — Making the Canada Emergency Response Benefit universal isn’t as simple as it sounds, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says. The temporary income support provides
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a nationwide state of emergency, expanding the one put in place less than two weeks ago that covered Tokyo
Jack Dorsey, the CEO of both Twitter and digital payments platform Square, said on Tuesday that he will donate $1 billion worth of equity in
If there is a silver lining to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is that it has injected a sense of togetherness into polarised societies. But the
The Spanish government is working to roll out a universal basic income as soon as possible, as part of a battery of actions aimed at
Politicians who represent the interests of capital clearly grasp the point that a UBI would tilt the playing field in favor of workers. That’s why
That whrrrrr sound you hear is the Federal Reserve’s money printer firing up. The emergency public-health measures necessary to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus have
To battle the economic crash from the coronavirus pandemic, Congress is sending Americans cash. The deal just hammered out will send $1,200 to every adult making
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Yang says he’s spoken with Democratic leaders about a basic income plan to respond to the new coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus is an economic emergency. But it does not have to become an economic catastrophe. It is very likely to push us into a
The White House is preparing to meet with Wall Street executives to discuss measures to protect the economy from the coronavirus outbreak. But Wall Street is
Congress should send you $1,000—and another $500 for each of your children—as soon as possible. Given the mounting economic risks posed by the spread
Japan’s government says it will pay up to about 80 dollars per person per day to businesses as income compensation for parents taking leave from
