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 ...

"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?" ...

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, ...

The president of an organization called Mayors for Guaranteed Income told Fox News Digital that elected officials who pushback against a guaranteed basic income (GBI) program are "out of touch with ...

The money allowed one mother in California to say “yes” instead of her usual “no” when her child asked for ice cream. In New York, it gave a minimum-wage worker the freedom to quit and focus on ...

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

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The policy of providing guaranteed cash incomes has gained momentum in recent years. This tool to tackle inequality has the ...

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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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 ...