Since last October, 2,000 artists and creative workers in Ireland have been receiving weekly checks of €325 ($350) as part of the culture ministry’s new basic income pilot program. Aiding creatives in ...
LA advanced a proposal for a new basic income program targeting domestic abuse survivors. It's inspired by the results of the city's BIG:LEAP program, a large-scale basic income pilot. BIG:LEAP found ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It's an idea that's sweeping the country: unconditional cash handed out on a monthly basis to families most in need. Universal basic income pilot programs are popping up all ...
Just a few years ago, the idea of giving people money with no strings attached was seen as ludicrous in mainstream policy circles. This week, a documentary on so-called "guaranteed income" programs ...
The concept of recurring, unconditional payments to help ease household financial burdens is not new. Champions of basic income programs, which come in a number of forms, have spanned the ideological ...
If you were living paycheck to paycheck, what could you do with extra cash that came with no conditions attached? A 2020 study from the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University found ...
The Denver Basic Income Project just got an extension and more funding. The project offers up to $1,000 a month to Denver's poorest residents. The project said it's provided $6.5 million to residents ...
A pilot program to combat California poverty won’t include Fresno, a major setback for local organizers who said the project could help in a city where nearly one in four people struggle to make ends ...
Eighty households in the city of Sacramento are poised to start receiving $500 a month, no strings attached, as part of an expansion of an existing local guaranteed basic income program. Since June ...
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