As America's cities look to alleviate poverty, universal basic income has been proposed by local leaders as a complement to existing welfare. With a housing-affordability crisis and high healthcare ...

As an artist who brings complex stories to life through theater, I understand the power of storytelling to shape how we see the world — and what we believe is possible. Narratives can inspire hope, ...

COVID showed just how "fragile" our economic security is. As artificial intelligence potentially takes jobs from humans, a universal basic income might be a solution.

Applications opened Tuesday for East Oakland residents to apply to receive $500 a month for 18 months as part of Oakland’s new guaranteed income program. It is the latest experiment in a nationwide ...

The idea of a universal basic income—a taxpayer-funded minimum monthly payment meant to reduce poverty and improve opportunity—is alluring. That’s especially true for low-income mothers of newborns.

The brave new world of artificial intelligence is at our doorstep. The technology promises to revolutionize the workplace. However, some fear that AI will create mass unemployment. OpenAI CEO Sam ...

The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban guaranteed income programs — a move that the bill's author said was in response to Uplift Harris, a county program that would have provided ...

There has been a lot of talk about “universal basic income” recently, especially during the pandemic. It’s the concept of giving money to people, no strings attached. We've seen pilot programs around ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- On Tuesday, Oakland is expected to launch one of the largest basic income pilot programs in the country. "With the pandemic, the number of people and the range of people who ...

There’s a reason that ideas from the progressive ivory tower need to be tested. Often, the grandest theories fall apart when exposed to the rigors of the real world. Consider the case of universal ...

As global wealth inequality deepens and automation threatens to usher in a new form of technology-driven unemployment, many nations, from the wealthy and industrialized to the still-developing, are ...