THE SOCIAL DEBATE

Slash Child Abuse With One Simple Trick: Cash
By: CALEB BRENNAN When the COVID-19 lockdown went into effect, child welfare advocates and pediatric experts feared that child abuse that

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

White House and Senate Democrats eye child tax credit Hail Mary
By: Hans Nichols The White House is engaging with Senate Democrats about making one last push for an enhanced

5 ways South Africa could fund a basic income grant – and why Treasury doesn’t want to hear any of it
See original article here. South Africa’s National Treasury has voiced its opposition to a campaign by the Department of

COVID-19 Relief Spending Pushed Poverty To Record Low In 2021
By: Arthur Delaney WASHINGTON — Poverty fell to a new low last year thanks to new federal spending passed

Homeless People Need Homes — and Money, Too
Analysis by Francis Wilkinson | Bloomberg Many affluent and dynamic North American cities share a great flaw: high levels of

The BIG fix: Basic income will grow South Africa’s ailing economy
By: Duma Gqubule See original article here. South Africa is in an economic policy cul-de-sac. The government is committed

The National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union adds its voice to the calls for basic income in South Africa
See original article here. The National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union, NEHAWU, says it supports calls for the

South Africa’s Treasury Proposes to Increase Poverty Instead of Introduce Basic Income
See original article here. South Africa is facing a dire socio-economic crisis with widespread poverty, persistent and high unemployment

Psychologist believes we’ve been told devastating lies about mental health
By: Sanah Ahsan We are living, we’re told, through a “mental health crisis”. Mental health services cannot cope with the explosion

South Korea plans to provide every family with a newborn child a monthly allowance of $740 as ‘parent pay’
By: Sam Kim South Korea plans to provide every family with a newborn child a monthly allowance of 1

Homicide and hunger rise in St. Louis. We should talk about them together.
By: Tony Messenger See original article here. When the late summer St. Louis homicide surge comes — and it almost

All Saskatchewan residents getting $500 ‘affordability check’ this fall
By: CKOM News See original article here. With prices still on the rise in Saskatchewan, the provincial government is

National Freedom Party calls for introduction of Basic Income Grant amid national shutdown in South Africa
By: Yogashen Pillay See original article here. Durban – The National Freedom Party (NFP) said that they support the

Means tested tax credits punish the poor for working. Maryland makes it worse
By: Nate Golden and Max Ghenis See original article here Federal income tax rates range from 10 percent in

After ballot measure snafu in San Francisco, guaranteed income proponents remain hopeful
By Adam Shanks | Examiner staff writer Because of a flawed ballot measure, hopes have been dashed for a new

Finding Cash for Kids
By: KALENA THOMHAVE See original post here. For Sasha Foster, a mother of two in Connecticut, the federal expanded Child

Argentina’s Vice President Pushing for Universal Basic Income
See original post here. Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) has been reportedly pressing Economy Minister Silvina

Study finds economic inequality promotes belief in conspiracy theories
By: Eric W. Dolan See original post here. New findings published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology indicate that economic inequality

Opinion: The Democrats’ sweeping economic package doesn’t go far enough for low-income families
By: Mark Wolfe See original post here. The Inflation Reduction Act, the Democrats’ tax, climate and health care bill that