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NBC News An extra $500 a month — with no strings attached — is coming to 110 randomly selected Providence households this fall as part

The Fair Observer The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns have brought economic activity to a standstill. As a result, the livelihoods of people around the world

Sacremento Bee In direct deposits to their bank accounts, prepaid debit cards and electronic gift cards, 100 families in Sacramento County have begun receiving $300

Alberni Valley News A year ago, as CERB was implemented to support those suddenly put of work by the novel coronavirus pandemic, more people than

The Star During the Second World War, mid-level British bureaucrat named William Beveridge was instructed to do a study of a “tidying up” of the

CBC News A grassroots coalition of basic income advocates has taken the first step toward a concerted push for the policy in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Jacobin The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought calls for a universal basic income (UBI) back into the spotlight — and so, too,

The Star This is the season for a nationwide discussion about a universal basic income (UBI). A UBI is a government payment that tops up

Roderick Benns A 17-year-old Canadian has won the North American Basic Income Guarantee (NABIG) essay-writing contest. Miranda Reid, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, submitted ‘The Role