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America's poorest workers are getting raises, but 80% of their spending is on increasingly pricey basic needs
The lowest-income Americans are spending 80% of their total expenditures on essentials like housing…
Noah Sheidlower
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The group that brought a basic income to Compton explains how it works better than welfare, and how they'll bring it to more cities soon
UBI-style programs have seen a surge in popularity throughout the US. At least 11 direct-cash exper…
Jason Lalljee
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A city in the San Francisco Bay Area is giving some families $500 per month for 18 months - no strings attached
A trial of basic income in Oakland, California, will distribute monthly stipends of $500 to 600 low…
Aria Bendix
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The new stimulus bill includes a groundbreaking basic-income policy - parents can receive up to $3,600 per child this year
Parents can receive up to $300 per child each month from July to December, no strings attached. It'…
Aria Bendix
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Living on basic-income for 2 years made me 'feel free' says a journalist who took part in one of the world's largest trials
Finland's major basic-income trial was controversial, but one journalist who took part in it descri…
Thomas Colson
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Los Angeles could offer thousands of poor residents $1,000 a month, 'no questions asked'
"$1,000 a month to 2,000 households for an entire year," Mayor Eric Garcetti said Tuesday, "no ques…
Lauren Frias,Charles Davis
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Upstate New York's trial with universal basic income: $500 per month to 100 people for 1 year
Ulster County residents in upstate New York making less than $46,900 annually were randomly selecte…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Twitter billionaire Jack Dorsey just donated $15 million to fund basic-income pilot projects in at least 9 US cities
Dorsey's investment will help cities like Pittsburgh and Los Angeles launch their basic-income prog…
Aria Bendix
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A Tokyo neighborhood is offering anyone who gets coronavirus a $935 check, and some worry it could lead to a wave of deliberate infections
Shinjuku ward in central Tokyo says it will give 100,000 yen (around $935) to any citizen in the ar…
Will Martin
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For Wall Street's incoming interns, it's not exactly dress to impress
Wall Streets dress code has continued to involve to the point where ties and heels are a thing of t…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Canadian researchers gave $7,500 to people without a home — and the results show the power of universal basic income
More jurisdictions across the world are experimenting with the idea of a universal basic income, a …
Marguerite Ward
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Saint Paul, Minnesota, will give some residents $500 per month for the next year and a half in a seminal basic-income pilot
The Saint Paul city council voted on Wednesday to approve funding for a basic-income trial. The mon…
Aria Bendix
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Elon Musk tweeted his support for a universal basic income after a majority-Black coalition of mayors pledge similar schemes in 11 US cities
11 mayors are advocating for a guaranteed income policy. Elon Musk seemed to back the measure in a …
Mia Jankowicz
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Spain is moving to establish permanent basic income in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
Spain is moving to implement a permanent basic income as a measure to help workers and families…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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500 chatbots read the news and discussed it on social media. Guess how that went.
Scientists built a fake Twitter and filled it with 500 bots. Then they sat back and watched.
Adam Rogers
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The Choctaw Nation is giving its members $2,000 apiece in universal basic income from stimulus funds. Other tribes are trying similar things.
The Choctaw, Navajo, Cherokee, and Osage tribes all unveiled direct-payment plans. Their announceme…
Ben Winck
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Explained: What is minimum income guarantee and how it may work?
Congress President Rahul Gandhi has promised to give the country’s poor a minimum amount of money f…
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Here's how the Silicon Valley dream of universal basic income slowly — then suddenly — became a solution for inequality in the US and abroad
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang's UBI was a part of pandemic relief, and he's …
Marguerite Ward,Drake Baer
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Andrew Yang's nonprofit will give $500 to 20 New Yorkers every month for 5 years in his first big experiment with universal basic income
The low-income residents will be picked from a town in upstate New York and will likely start getti…
Marguerite Ward
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Americans have plenty of reasons to tighten their belts. That's bad news for the economy.
Savings are running low, wages aren't improving much relative to inflation, and student loan paymen…