Just a few years ago, the idea of giving people money with no strings attached was seen as ludicrous in mainstream policy circles. This week, a documentary on so-called "guaranteed income" programs ...

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 ...

Conservatives are fighting guaranteed basic income programs across the country. Lawyers and lawmakers want to block basic income programs in Texas, California, and elsewhere. Many of them argue the ...

If you were living paycheck to paycheck, what could you do with extra cash that came with no conditions attached? A 2020 study from the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University found ...

Arizona State House Republicans unanimously voted to ban basic-income programs in the state. They say guaranteed-basic-income programs are like socialism. Arizona has one of the highest rates of ...

The tech community, led by Sam Altman of OpenAI, has funded programs that give people unconditional cash. Some say it’s time to scale up. The tech community, led by Sam Altman of OpenAI, has funded ...

These programs can support people who have lost their jobs or are experiencing health crises. In Colorado, a statewide ...

When terms like "universal basic income" or "guaranteed basic income" are mentioned, folks generally raise an eyebrow, either out of curiosity or out of criticism. In either case, Alaska could be ...

An issue brief from Joy Moses shows how addressing the basic needs of the poor boosts the economy and helps meet national employment goals. Read also: Meeting the Needs of Low-Income Families in the ...

People who got their first taste of IT during the microcomputer boom in the 1970s and 1980s almost certainly started by writing programs in Basic — or, at least, they debugged programs typed in from ...