A Basic Income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement.

"Across the country, city-led guaranteed income programs are delivering unrestricted payments to struggling households, including those ineligible for other aid. Conservative critics are pushing back. By J.J. McCorvey Just weeks after Kiki Ramos received her first...

Neil Howard has just published a new video on UBI and the cost of living crisis, that the Green Party in the UK have also shared a version of. You can see the video here and on social media here.

"This themed issue, guest-edited by Jurgen De Wispelaere and Troy Henderson, is devoted to examining, first, whether the widespread use of immediate and unconditional cash transfers as a policy response to the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis has provided...

Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash An article by Eric Reinhart, M.D. has been published this month. Teaser: "What the expanded child tax credit essentially did, at a cost of $128 billion over 1 year (less than 2% of the federal budget, 3% of 2023 U.S. health care...

Photo by Darpan on Unsplash Note: Like many pilot programs, this one does not meet the BIEN definition of basic income because it is not universal for residents in its geographic region. "A Seattle-area guaranteed basic income pilot gave low-income residents $500 a...

Photo by Andrea De Santis on Unsplash "In some ways, the writers’ success reflects something of a best-case scenario. They were organized in a highly effective union, in a unionized industry, in a union town. They leveraged one of their greatest skills—their...

"Since the pandemic, over 200 guaranteed-income experiments launched across the United States. The Mellon Foundation backed one of them, providing $115 million to support 2,400 New York artists." To read the full article click here.

Rx Kids launched their pilot this January 2024 where every person who gives birth in Flint, MI will receive a basic income during late stage pregnancy, $1,500 (lump-sum), and the first year of their baby's life, $500 each month. What’s so exciting about...

A Croudfunding campaign to complete the film will be launched May 1. To view the teaser, click here.