LA advanced a proposal for a new basic income program targeting domestic abuse survivors. It's inspired by the results of the city's BIG:LEAP program, a large-scale basic income pilot. BIG:LEAP found ...

A person wears a trans flag as a cape at the Trans March on June 28, 2024. Photo by Io Yeh Gilman. San Francisco’s basic-income program for transgender residents, one of two known guaranteed-income ...

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Ontario's basic income pilot In 2017, the Ontario government, under then-premier Kathleen Wynne, launched the Ontario Basic Income Pilot to test the efficacy of an unconditional cash transfer. A total ...

A proposed measure to create a universal basic income program which would put $750 in the pocket of every Oregon resident, including children, is likely to be put on the ballot in November. The ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Three Los Angeles City Council members introduced a motion Tuesday to expand a guaranteed basic income program geared toward victims of domestic abuse and foster youth.

A Harris County judge on Thursday denied the state’s attempt to shutter the county’s second version of a guaranteed basic income program. The 165th District Court judge heard arguments from the Texas ...

"Social assistance provided as charity rather than rights do not prevent poverty but perpetuate it," 92 groups have said in a joint statement. Several unions, political parties and rights groups have ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 on Tuesday, May 18, to approve proposals for a pilot guaranteed income program, one of which calls for $1,000 per month to be paid to 1,000 ...

The first trailer has been unveiled for Cannes, Emmy and Peabody-winning director Marc Levin‘s documentary “It’s Basic,” which will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival. The film examines ...

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., likened the child tax credit included in President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, to a form of universal basic income on Thursday as progressive ...

Tracy Smith-Carrier has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and from the Canada Research Chairs program. Elaine Power has received funding from the ...