The policy of providing guaranteed cash incomes has gained momentum in recent years. This tool to tackle inequality has the ...

"The question we don't really have a good answer to is, what would happen if we scaled these programs up on a larger level?" ...

Students in the L.A. Community College District’s guaranteed basic income program have received the last of twelve monthly $1,000 payments. LAist spoke with some of these students to learn more about ...

In 1967–68, amid the national college debate topic, versions of the idea reached the Oval Office in the Nixon era, then ebbed ...

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Basic income pilot programs have distributed over $335 million in economic relief to Americans, according to a coalition of lawmakers.

In an effort to combat financial insecurity and strengthen access to housing, a new phase of economic support is gaining ...

A new wave of guaranteed income programs in the United States is offering financial stability to low-income families. These ...

Administrators of Prince Edward Island's home heating program say they expect fewer applications this year because some who ...

Nearly a hundred households in Winton Hills are getting free grocery delivery plus $100 a month to help with costs. It’s part of a year-long pilot program funded by the city of Cincinnati and in ...

Illinois deserves credit — not derision — for asking hard, testable questions about how to keep children safe and families ...

Direct cash allows people to solve their own problems and avoid financial crises, which makes all of us safer and helps our ...