New York City is one of many areas across the country offering guaranteed basic income to low-income residents.joSon/Getty Images Guaranteed basic income programs can help low-income participants ...

In Howard County, we are committed to building a future where all families can become self-sufficient and achieve economic mobility. We make historic investments in education at every stage of life, ...

Universal or guaranteed basic income programs are gaining momentum across the country, as local governments and nonprofits experiment with the bold new alternative to traditional welfare models.

For many, universal basic income programs are creative, poverty-prevention concepts with data to prove they work. Others think they are a crazy, wacko, socialist idea that has no place in a capitalist ...

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Howard County’s new Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) pilot may be framed as compassionate policy, but it’s part of a troubling pattern that’s taking root across Maryland and the United States. Following ...

Cook County just committed millions of public dollars to keep sending no-strings-attached cash to low income residents, turning what began as a pandemic experiment into a permanent feature of local ...

Basic income programs continue to ripple across the US. But some experts say there's a policy that's even better than free cash: guaranteed jobs.

The real problem is that guaranteed income, however well-intentioned, requires steady funding, something governments in places like Illinois can’t afford to provide.

The GBI pilot was effective at providing cash to families and alleviating some of the immediate hardship they experience from having low incomes." ...

ST. LOUIS — A restraining order has paused the St. Louis Guaranteed Basic Income Project. A lawsuit said that the program violates both the Missouri State Constitution and the St. Louis City Charter. ...

Guaranteed basic income programs can help low-income participants afford necessities like rent. Over 100 US cities and counties have tried GBI, offering cash for housing and groceries. Despite ...