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Brazil: the National Senate approves Emergency Basic Income
Homeless people in San Francisco, during the corona virus crisis days. Picture credit to: Aljazeera On February 26th, 2020, the first case of Covid – 19 was registered in Brazil. Like in so many other countries, the coronavirus epidemic spread quickly in Brazil. On...
United States: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for basic income as a response to the corona virus crisis
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Picture credit to: Fox 32 As the corona virus crisis unfolds, the political atmosphere heats up in the United States. At the Capitol, a 2 trillion dollar bill is in the making, specifically to deal with the economic downturn caused by the...
Italy / Europe: Petitions for basic income, in the face of the Corona virus pandemic
Two new petitions have been launched in Europe in response to the Coronavirus emergency. One has been launched in Italy on Change.org platform and is addressed to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, asking for 10 €/day for all Italian citizens as the fastest and most...
CNBC Interview of Karl Widerquist on Emergency Basic Income
Annie Nova, "How the Trump cash infusion would help millions of Americans: Interview with Karl Widerquist." CNBC, Mar 18 2020 Annie Nova, of CNBC, recently interviewed Karl Widerquist to ask about proposals for an Emergency Universal Basic Income during the twin...
Italy: Urgent petition in time of Corona Virus: “Citizen income for all! If not now, When?”
The Basic Income Network (BIN) Italia has published a petition pleading for the Italian governement and Parliament to immediately install an emergency basic income. There, it can be read: To the Italian government and Parliament EXPANDING THE CITIZEN'S INCOME SCHEME!...
The North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress has been cancelled because of Covid-19
The North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress has been cancelled because of the Covid-19 virus. The organizers have released the following announcement: With great dismay, we must announce that the NABIG 2020 Congress in Hamilton, Ontario in May will no longer be...
Canada: The Ontario Basic Income (cancelled) experiment, revealed
The findings of the McMaster University Basic Income Project (MUBIP) were released on the 4th of March 2020. The study looked into the impact of the Ontario Basic Income on over 200 recipients in one of the pilot sites, namely Hamilton-Brantford, where 1000 recipients...
Basic Income Week: 2020 favourite motto
Voting for a favourite motto for this year's international basic income week is still possible, until Saturday, 29th of February. Facebook and Twitter pages are also available, for more information. The winning motto will be announced up until the end of March,...
Kentucky: Senate Democratic Primary Candidate Mike Broihier Endorses UBI and Appoints Scott Santens as Advisor
Universal basic income continues to grow in popularity among American politicians. Mike Broihier, running for the Democratic nomination for the Senate in Kentucky, announced via Medium that he will include a universal basic income as a part of his campaign’s goal to...
United States: Andrew Yang steps down from presidential candidacy
Andrew Yang. Picture credit to: Inquisitr Andrew Yang, the United States presidential candidate for the 2020 elections who most notoriously pushed (his own version of) a basic income policy to public debate in the country, has dropped out of the campaign for the...
