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?" ...

Basic income pilot programs have distributed over $335 million in economic relief to Americans, according to a coalition of ...

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 ...

L.A. Community College District launched a guaranteed basic income program in 2024. LAist checked in to see how students are ...

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

CITY HALL — THE CITY COUNCIL has launched a new guaranteed income program for young, homeless New Yorkers, allocating $1.5 million in the FY2026 budget to support 60 participants ages 18 to 24, ...

Pilot sent $500 monthly to 150 families in 2024–25, stabilizing household finances. Study found reduced food insecurity, lower stress and declines in debt levels. Program aided rural farm households ...

After listening to St. Louis Public Radio's recent reporting on the lawsuit challenging St. Louis’ guaranteed basic income pilot, I think the conversation needs to be more grounded in how people ...

The program is one of the last pieces of the effort to reduce the city’s racial wealth gap and improve financial empowerment ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The City of St. Louis released a new report on Monday on the impact of its Guaranteed Basic Income Program. The program gave $500 a month to more than 500 applicants ...