With the phrase "kill line" trending on Chinese social media — describing how a single crisis can push middle-class families ...

"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?" ...

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 ...

A coalition supported by 250 US lawmakers gathered preliminary reports for 27 pilot programs. Of that collection, none of the pilot programs resulted in employment or workforce decline. As Americans ...

Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for a guaranteed annual income in his 1967 book "Where Do We Go From Here?" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New York City is preparing to roll out a guaranteed income program that will provide $15,800 per person to disadvantaged residents ...

Racial prejudice continues to fuel opposition to universal basic income, as well as other forms of social welfare.

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