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 ...
Cook County, which includes Chicago, ran a two-year basic income experiment in 2022. During the pilot, thousands of residents received $500 a month to spend however they wanted. The county has now ...
The idea of guaranteed income programs has been around for decades, but it wasn’t until one of the country’s first guaranteed income programs launched in Stockton in 2019 that the idea began gaining ...
Amid fears of mass AI-induced job losses, AI leaders are touting solutions like universal basic income. Here's what they're saying about UBI.
(MIRROR INDY) — Janet Lewis loves her job. Every day, she goes to work at Thomas Gregg Neighborhood School, where she’s an assistant teacher helping kids with disabilities learn life skills. But no ...
Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for a guaranteed annual income in his 1967 book "Where Do We Go From Here?" ...