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Lawmakers float a nationwide basic income experiment that would cover the cost of a 2-bedroom apartment

October 26, 2025

A group of Democratic lawmakers wants to test a new kind of social safety net: a monthly paycheck provided by the federal government to spend however you want…

From innovation to inequality: the growing call for universal basic income

October 22, 2025

Some of the strongest advocates of a universal basic income (UBI) are the AI leaders whose innovations threaten to eradicate millions of jobs…

Gen X may be the first to need a universal basic income after late-career job

October 10, 2025

Some estimates suggest that half of all white-collar jobs will disappear as artificial intelligence advances. How will older white-collar workers displaced in the AI revolution fare? 

45 Million U.S. Jobs at Risk from AI, Report Calls for UBI as a Modern Income Stabilizer

September 3, 2025

To ground its findings, the study draws on one of the last comprehensive, unaltered views of U.S. workforce data, provided by the National Science…

Yes, Cash Transfers Work

August 30, 2025

The best way we have to help those people is to give them money. Year in and year out, Social Security lifts more than 20 million Americans above the poverty line; tax credits lift 6 million; and food stamps, housing subsidies…..

In a new pilot program, this city will give homeless young adults $1,200 in cash every month for two years

August 11, 2025

According to the Stanford Basic Income Lab, universal basic income is a periodic cash payment that is given to individuals unconditionally, requiring no work requirement or sanctions to access…

Why this S.F. Holocaust survivor supports universal basic income

October 21, 2022

Looking at Gisèle Huff today, elegantly dressed, perfectly coiffed, gliding from board meeting to board meeting, it’s hard to believe the nonprofit executive started out life as a hidden….

Marshall Islands launches world’s first universal basic income scheme offering cryptocurrency

October 21, 2022

Under the program, every resident citizen of the Marshall Islands will receive quarterly payments of about US$200 as part of a government effort to ease cost of living pressures…

County of Santa Clara Starts First-in-Nation “Universal Basic Income” Program for Young Adults Transitioning Out of Foster Care

July 28, 2020 

The Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity, a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the understanding, acceptance, and implementation of Universal Basic Income…

UBI is Social Security for the 21st century. Andrew Yang's plan would help Americans.

September 30, 2019

“Universal basic income” provides a floor under which no one can fall. It is not a handout to poor people, or to those who barely eke out a living, but a share in the prosperity this country…

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