Universal or guaranteed basic income programs are gaining momentum across the country, as local governments and nonprofits experiment with the bold new alternative to traditional welfare models.

A small Pacific nation has launched what officials describe as the first nationwide universal basic income (UBI) program, offering quarterly payments to citizens as a financial safety net. In some ...

Universal basic income was once thought politically impossible. Then came Andrew Yang and COVID-19. Basic income programs are now gaining traction, offering payments to struggling families. Many ...

As global wealth inequality deepens and automation threatens to usher in a new form of technology-driven unemployment, many nations, from the wealthy and industrialized to the still-developing, are ...

The Marshall Islands has launched Enra, a universal cash transfer that pays US$200 quarterly to resident Marshallese citizens. The program is enabled by the Compact of Free Association with the United ...