Halfway through 2021, Sherika had to leave her job as a home health aide. It was a great job, she wrote in a first-person account for Ms. Magazine, and she loved her patients, but she recently had a ...

As Americans struggle with the high cost of living, an old idea is getting a fresh look. In dozens of pilot programs around the country, policymakers and researchers are exploring what happens when ...

Eat your heart out, MrBeast. Mark Donovan doesn’t know where he got the idea to start handing out $1,000 to people in need, only that he was doing it before it became cool. “I love the immediacy of it ...

At least 20 guaranteed income pilots have launched in cities and counties across the U.S. since 2018, and more than 5,400 families and individuals have started receiving between $300 and $1,000 a ...

A homeless man sweeps up around a sidewalk encampment on Deering Avenue on Monday Credit: (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) The solution to L.A.’s homeless epidemic may lie in ...

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 ...

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When terms like "universal basic income" or "guaranteed basic income" are mentioned, folks generally raise an eyebrow, either out of curiosity or out of criticism. In either case, Alaska could be ...

Kristen Lowitt receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Charles Z. Levkoe receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of ...

Despite support from the public and elected officials, the Denver Basic Income Project will halt its experiment of giving low-income and homeless residents free monthly cash payments for the upcoming ...

WASHINGTON — As D.C. residents begin filing taxes, tens of thousands of families will be automatically enrolled in the District's new Monthly Basic Income program and begin receiving a monthly check.