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January 23, 2023
LA’s Grand Experiment in UBI
Last year, the city sent $1,000 a month to 3,200 people. The Nation followed four participants throughout the duration of the program.
Sasha Abramsky
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February 23, 2022
The Bold New Campaign to “End Poverty in California”
Poverty isn’t an individual choice—it’s a collective one. And just as we choose to perpetuate it, we can choose to abolish it.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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January 18, 2021
A $2,000 Check Is a Good Start, but Struggling Americans Need $2,000 Every Month
Dr. King taught us that direct cash payments are a smart response to poverty and mass unemployment. In this crisis, we need to heed that call.
John Nichols
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November 17, 2020
Starting From Stockton
What this small California city can teach America about basic income.
David Kirp
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February 5, 2020
We All Deserve An Income Floor: Why the Bold Policy of Guaranteed Income Works
This week on the podcast: How would a universal basic income open up the potential of all people in this country?
Mia Birdsong
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January 29, 2020
Poverty Makes the Pursuit of Happiness a False Promise
This week on the More Than Enough podcast: Could Guaranteed Income be one way of ensuring we all have the agency we need to pursue “the good life”?
Mia Birdsong
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January 24, 2020
Finally, a Bipartisan Bill That Would Help All Families
The Bennet-Romney proposal includes a child allowance, which would reduce childhood poverty as well as benefit those further up the income ladder.
Mike Konczal
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January 22, 2020
Poverty Can Be Solved. Just Trust Poor People.
Our current poverty alleviation programs just aren’t working the way they should. Is there a better way?
Mia Birdsong
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January 16, 2020
Hunger and Hope in Haiti
Amy Wilentz on Haiti, Mia Birdsong on poverty, and Kate Aronoff and Michael Kazin on socialism.
Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
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January 15, 2020
‘Let’s Give Them Money’: Could Guaranteed Income Be a Solution to Wealth Inequality?
The first episode of our new podcast about guaranteed income, deservedness, and the country America can and should be.
Mia Birdsong