Nearly six decades ago, Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for a form of basic income not unlike what AI leaders today suggest ...

"The question we don't really have a good answer to is, what would happen if we scaled these programs up on a larger level?" ...

Racial prejudice continues to fuel opposition to universal basic income, as well as other forms of social welfare.

Lawyers and lawmakers want to block basic income programs in Texas, California, and elsewhere. Many of them argue the programs are discriminatory because they are not universal. Legal challenges by ...

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. The government of the Marshall Islands has launched the world’s first national universal basic ...

Georgia's success in its Universal Basic Income program for Black women is contributing to a national push for its expansion. Georgia’s installment of a universal basic income (UBI) program has found ...

In 1967–68, amid the national college debate topic, versions of the idea reached the Oval Office in the Nixon era, then ebbed ...

A proposed measure to create a universal basic income program which would put $750 in the pocket of every Oregon resident, including children, is likely to be put on the ballot in November. The ...

With technological advances eliminating jobs, and economies struggling to keep up with inflation, many leaders, such as former Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang, have called for a universal ...

The Marshall Islands’ new universal basic income program rests on Compact funding from the United States, blurring the line ...