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SACRAMENTO — Sacramento County will launch a pilot program aimed at helping African American and Native American families in poverty. The program experiments with guaranteed basic income – $725 a month – but even the most skeptical members of the county Board of Supervisors want the public to rethink the concept this time. County supervisor […]
National security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington on Feb. 14. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP National security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington on Feb. 14. Mark Schiefelbein/AP Representatives from the U.S., Israel and several […]
Amidst ongoing budget brinkmanship in Washington, House and Senate panels have proposed significant cuts in federal funding for basic scientific research. That would be a grave mistake for our nation’s long-term economic success. President Biden’s 2024 budget proposal
It’s Basic, a deeply moving new documentary about universal basic income, shows the shocking thing people do when the government hands them money with no strings attached: They help other people. The film, which premiered at Tribeca Festival last night and arrives at the Provincetown International Film Festival this week, follows several recipients of $500 […]
Most Black adults say their household finances meet basic needs with either a little or a lot left over for extras, even amid economic disruptions due to COVID-19. Yet financial challenges exist. Fewer than half of Black adults say they have an emergency fund, and some have taken multiple jobs to make ends meet, according […]
At least three guaranteed income initiatives in the San Francisco Bay Area openly discriminate against white residents, limiting or entirely preventing their participation in programs that dole out no-strings-attached cash. The programs—all of which are publicly funded—violate both the United States and the California state constitution, lawyers say, as well as civil rights laws that […]
The extraordinary success and thorny politics of a bold policy idea Perspective by Megan Greenwell October 24, 2022 at 9:50 a.m. EDT From left, former Stockton Calif., mayor Michael Tubbs; Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, center right; guaranteed-income advocate Nika Soon-Shiong. (Photo illustration by The Washington Post. Photos: Scott by Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun/Tribune News […]
SAN ANTONIO – Every young man and woman who enlists in the United States Air Force arrives here in San Antonio — Military City U.S.A. But their journey doesn’t begin until they arrive at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, better known as the Gateway to the Air Force. New recruits will go through eight weeks of […]
After four decades of training and studying dogs, Marjie Alonso has lost track of the number of pets she’s seen because their humans felt they weren’t acting as they “should.” There were the golden retrievers who weren’t “friendly” or “good enough with kids,” and the German shepherds who were more timid scaredy-cats than vigilant guard […]
Most Black adults say their household finances meet basic needs with either a little or a lot left over for extras, even amid economic disruptions due to COVID-19. Yet financial challenges exist. Fewer than half of Black adults say they have an emergency fund, and some have taken multiple jobs to make ends meet, according […]
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