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 ...

Republican lawmakers in Arizona have introduced a bill to ban guaranteed basic income programs. The bill would ban any county or municipality from offering "unearned" payments to residents.

Last week, Newark, N.J., Mayor Ras Baraka announced his intent to pursue a universal basic income program for his city’s residents. He’ll launch a pilot program to test the idea. The idea of giving ...

The harmful act takes health care and food from people with the lowest incomes and supercharges detention and deportation ...

In Texas, cities like San Antonio, Austin, and Houston have been experimenting with the idea of UBI. In recent years, more cities have experimented with guaranteed universal basic income (UBI), and ...

Sukhi Samra grew up with a mother who worked up to 80 hours per week to support three children and a husband with a disability. None of her three jobs paid her well enough to make ends meet in Fresno, ...

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 ...