Magnolia Mother’s Trust will begin as a pilot program in Jackson, Mississippi, with 15 women, and aims to lift black mothers out of poverty. In America, black women are disproportionately likely to ...

The Child Tax Credit is a form of universal basic income: a government program in which qualifying adults receive regular payments; recipients can choose how to best spend that money.

Families in the city of Sacramento can now apply to be one of 80 households chosen for the second edition of a local guaranteed basic income program. Chosen participants will receive monthly ...

The first government-led test of a basic income is underway in Stockton, California. Tomas Vargas Jr. is among a pool of 125 recipients of a $500 a month cash transfer funded by the city. The ...

Last week the government of Ontario, Canada, announced it was ending a pilot program to guarantee residents a universal basic income (UBI). The program, scheduled to run three years, had lasted just ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing to block a Harris County basic income program. The lawsuit follows a case in April that halted $500 monthly payments for low-income families. Paxton argues ...

The application window for a new $1,000-a-month cash assistance program in Los Angeles run by City Hall kicks off Friday, making L.A. the biggest city in the nation to launch such an initiative. The ...

In 2020 and 2021, Tamara Ware received $1,000 a month from a basic-income program. The program provided monthly funds to 100 low-income Black mothers in Jackson, Mississippi. Income programs like this ...