CBS News Giving money directly to low-income families in Cambridge paid off in more ways than one, researchers say. Results of the Cambridge RISE pilot program, a guaranteed income initiative which gave 130…
NPR People who work on ways to end poverty have been trying a simple approach lately: just giving money to those in need, with no strings attached. Universal basic income,…
CBC News Tracey Crosson says she ate healthier, slept better and had more energy when she was receiving basic income payments from the Ontario government. Now, she's left with $22 every month after paying…
Business Insider The city of Minneapolis is experimenting with a guaranteed basic income program, and the preliminary results are promising. Minneapolis has provided $500 monthly payments with no strings attached…
MPRnews A Minnesota House committee advanced a new bill that would establish a guaranteed monthly income statewide. The bill, moving through the state house, would grant Minnesotans who meet low-income…
ABC News In a few months, Sacramento County will launch its guaranteed income program. The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the Family First Sacramento pilot program on Tuesday.…
NPR Christopher Santiago recalls being skeptical the first time he heard about basic income — giving people cash with no conditions on how to spend it. It was 2020, when…
CTV News Advocates say a universal basic income program could make a difference in helping people struggling in precarious and low-income jobs. But some wonder if it will effectively tackle…
The Whig City council is to consider a motion calling on all three levels of government to work together to establish a basic income to address “to combat poverty, income…
MIT Press Reader Support for Universal Basic Income (UBI) has grown so rapidly over the past few years that people might think the idea appeared out of nowhere. In fact,…