Many basic income programs are also designed specifically to support individuals working low-wage jobs or cobbling together income from gig work — and they’re part of a growing movement.

Guaranteed basic income programs have become a trend across the U.S. in recent years with more than 100 GBI pilots launched since 2018. The effort grew due to mayors working together.

Universal basic income, or UBI, offers no-strings-attached cash payments as an approach to poverty reduction. Here's a breakdown of the pros and cons.

The third-highest came from California's universal basic income supporter and software engineer Gerald Huff's foundation and his mother, who contributed $90,000 together. Huff died in 2018.

More than half of U.S. adults opposed a universal basic income of about $1,000 a month for adults when surveyed by Pew Research Center in 2020, and the greatest opposition was among white adults.

It found that receiving a basic income was not a reason for people to quit their jobs. On average, study participants worked 40 hours a week and stayed in employment – identical to the study’s ...

“Universal basic income” was one of the first concepts probed by OpenResearch, a moonshots lab linked to OpenAI that Altman has personally contributed tens of millions of dollars to in a ...

Basic income, particularly at this scale that has been studied, is not a cure-all or magical solution to poverty. Access to health care, schooling, child care and affordable housing are still needed.

Ireland's basic income pilot program for artists ends in August. For three years, 2,000 artists and creative workers received about $370 a week.

She found out she was selected for Tacoma’s first guaranteed basic-income pilot. She would receive $500 a month for a year through Growing Resilience in Tacoma (GRIT).

The Denver Basic Income Project tested direct cash payments to people who are homeless and improved housing situations for many while saving Denver taxpayers almost $600,000, research suggests.

And now there is no job for me but I get $3,000 a month thanks to basic income. Now we’re Universal Basic Guys. It’s still not much, but we’re still going to try.” ...