Can money put directly into the hands of people experiencing homelessness change lives for the better? A new California study on basic income shows it's possible. USA Today told how $750 a month changed the lives of a group of homeless people in California. Ben Henwood...
Basic income (UBI) programs are increasingly capturing the minds of policymakers. But is it really as good as it seems? Vox's Dylan Matthews shared the first results of the world's largest basic income experiment and some of his financial observations. Further -…
Residents of Chicago, Illinois will be able to apply for the city's $500 a month basic income pilot program in April, Mayor Laurie Lightfoot announced. The Chicago Tribune writes about it. City Council Adopts $31,5 Million Basic Income Program…
In Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1967 book Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? the leader of the civil rights movement discussed how best to combat poverty in the United States, writes CNBC. “I am convinced that the simplest approach will be the most effective ...
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is proposing a guaranteed income program for the poor, making it the largest city in the United States to test such a policy, Bloomberg writes. On Tuesday, April 20, Garcetti will ask the city council to allocate $ 24 million for next year's budget ...
Chances are, many people dream of getting rich quick, which will allow them to laze around on the beach after retirement instead of working from 9 to 17 until their last breath. One billionaire has come up with an idea that he thinks will allow every American ...
The city of Compton in California is launching a pilot program that will guarantee monthly cash payments to 800 of its low-income residents - without any obligation on their part, writes CNN. In a statement released Monday, October 19, Mayor Aja Brown announced the launch of the program...
Pittsburgh joins 15 other cities to introduce unconditional basic income programs. The city is now participating in a program funded by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, writes Fox Business. Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto announced that his city is currently participating in ...
Several US cities are planning to launch universal basic income projects. Despite the fact that experiments in paying citizens a fixed benefit in other countries have failed, in America they are still going to test this concept, writes the author of the NEWS.ru channel on Yandex.Zen. And one...
Groceries, electricity bills, children's education fees. Here are some of the running costs that Stockton, California resident Thomas Vargas Jr. can now afford, thanks to the $ 500 a month he receives from his local government. Vargas Jr. is one of 125 residents ...