Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for a guaranteed annual income in his 1967 book "Where Do We Go From Here?" ...

Racial prejudice continues to fuel opposition to universal basic income, as well as other forms of social welfare.

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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A coalition supported by 250 US lawmakers gathered preliminary reports for 27 pilot programs. Of that collection, none of the pilot programs resulted in employment or workforce decline. As Americans ...

In a bid to tackle financial insecurity and enhance housing access, the United States is witnessing a new wave of economic ...

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

That’s what a select group of New Yorkers is receiving. GiveDirectly — a nonprofit focused on direct cash transfers to people ...

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 ...