How Tacoma’s yearlong guaranteed income experiment fared
January 9, 2023
Seattle Times When the pandemic hit in 2020, Debbie Wilkerson decided to retire early from her job at Jack-in-the-Box. But it wasn’t really by choice,
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The U.S. Could Help Solve Its Poverty Problem with a Universal Basic Income
January 9, 2023
Scientific American When the child tax credit, first established in 1997, was expanded for a year in 2021, it was a major political and social
The Current with Matt Galloway: Featuring Evelyn Forget on the Basic Income movement
January 6, 2023
Matt Galloway talks to health economist Evelyn Forget, who has advanced anti-poverty policies across Canada and around the world; Michael Schmidt, a photographer and geophysicist
2022 brought income lifeline for artists with pilot scheme
December 30, 2022
RTE “It was during Covid that the sense of ‘precarious living’ really landed.” Eoghan Carrick is a freelance theatre director, who also works as a
N.B. makes no headway on poverty by treating symptoms, says economist
December 27, 2022
CBC Poverty in New Brunswick could be basically eliminated for about $1 billion, says the Vaughan chair in regional economics at the University of New
Does universal basic income work? Here’s how it changed this SF family’s life
December 27, 2022
ABC News 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
Guaranteed income recipients praise poverty program outcome
December 27, 2022
ABC News Debbie Wilkerson, after years of fighting bad credit, is on her way to saving for a downpayment on her first home. She says
Members of All-Party Committee on Basic Income Holds First Meeting
December 19, 2022
Media Release Children, Seniors and Social Development An All-Party Committee on Basic Income has been established in response to the provincial and national discussion on
1 in 2 Canadians would pay 1% to 2% more in income tax for a universal basic income of $40K/year
December 15, 2022
Cult MTL According to a study by the Angus Reid Institute, half of Canadians (47%) say they would be willing to pay 1% to 2% more