This program gives Black single moms $1,000 a month for a year. The results are undeniable

The Magnolia Mother’s Trust is the first to target low-income families led by Black mothers in Jackson, Mississippi…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/10/guaranteed-income-black-single-moms-mississippi .

 

Rx Kids launches in entire Upper Peninsula

A program that gives direct cash payments to pregnant and new mothers launched Monday across the entire Upper Peninsula. 

Rx Kids will provide U.P. mothers $1,500 while they're pregnant, and another $500 per month for the first six months of their baby's life. This is an expansion to the program, which was already available in the peninsula's eastern counties and several other communities in the state...

https://www.michiganpublic.org/health/2026-03-02/rx-kids-launches-in-entire-upper-peninsula 

 

Rx Kids launches in Detroit

"It's not a pill, it's prevention. We give families a little bit of breathing room during pregnancy and infancy when money is the tightest because stress, housing instability, and hunger makes kids and communities sick," Hanna said during an event in Detroit to mark the launch...

https://www.michiganpublic.org/health/2026-02-09/rx-kids-launches-in-detroit 

 

Study: Cash aid is a boon to the health of infants and little kids : Goats and Soda : NPR

Infants born to people who received $1,000, no-strings-attached, were nearly half as likely to die as infants born to people who got no cash, according to a report published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Cash cut mortality in children under 5 by about 45%, the study researchers found, on par with interventions like vaccines and anti-malarials…

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/18/g-s1-83197/infants-health-cash-aid-kenya 

 

South Africa floats universal basic income for all

The ruling ANC is on a pioneering path to transform the Covid grant into a scheme that aims to combat poverty…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/08/free-money-south-africa-floats-universal-basic-income-for-all

South Dakota, Texas Block Local Universal Basic Income Laws - Bloomberg

Research has complicated those critiques: After a year of receiving $500 a month, participants in a pilot guaranteed income program in Stockton, California, saw greater increases to their full-time employment rates than members of a control group who weren't receiving the regular payments. 

Research also shows people use the cash for essentials like rent and food; participating in pilots has also been shown to improve some people's physical and mental health. The expanded Child Tax Credit — an example of the kind of far-reaching, unrestricted cash transfer advocates would like to see applied nationally — helped lift an estimated 3 to 3.5 million children out of poverty in each of its first three months in 2021…

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-17/south-dakota-texas-block-local-universal-basic-income-laws

To reduce Black-on-Black crime, two criminal justice experts explain why offering monthly stipends to people at risk makes sense

This grave reality does not mean Black people are inherently violent. Instead, it largely reflects their disproportionate experience of systemic barriers such as poverty and limited access to quality education, good jobs and affordable housing – all factors that research shows contribute to neighborhood violence...

https://theconversation.com/to-reduce-black-on-black-crime-two-criminal-justice-experts-explain-why-offering-monthly-stipends-to-people-at-risk-makes-sense-227539

Michigan doctor who revealed Flint water crisis now takes on child poverty

In January Hanna-Attisha launched RX Kids, a program that gives new moms one year of guaranteed, no-questions-asked income. Through a combination of state and philanthropic funding, all pregnant and new moms – regardless of income – in Flint are eligible for a one-time payment of $1,500 during their pregnancy and $500 a month for the first year of their baby's lives. 

"It's about not being OK with poisoned water and it's about not being OK with babies growing up in poverty," Hanna-Attisha said...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/25/flint-michigan-child-poverty

D.C. sent $10,800 to dozens of new moms. Here’s how it changed their lives. - The Washington Post

The Washington Post spoke to several mothers throughout the year. Some used the funds to set up their first savings account or buy baby formula. Others used it to live the lives they had always dreamed for their families, helping cushion their savings to buy a new home — or just live large for a week: a new hairdo and a trip to Miami with new outfits every day for the children. Here is how their lives were changed...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/02/01/dc-cash-payments-mothers-pilot-program/

New Study Finds Cash Transfers To Poor Families Lift Up Their Neighbors Too : Goats and Soda : NPR

Over the past decade there has been a surge of interest in a novel approach to helping the world's poor: Instead of giving them goods like food or services like job training, just hand out cash — with no strings attached. Now a major new study suggests that people who get the aid aren't the only ones who benefit.....

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/12/02/781152563/researchers-find-a-remarkable-ripple-effect-when-you-give-cash-to-poor-families

Andrew Yang on how the U.S. can adapt to its new economic realities

Andrew Yang may not have the name recognition of his 2020 Democratic presidential competitors, but he has gained traction since announcing his campaign more than a year ago. Lisa Desjardins sits down with Yang to discuss the proliferation of combative political rhetoric in the U.S., how the country should confront its new economic realities, his proposal for taxes and guaranteed income and more.....
Interview:
https://youtu.be/UFBO98fxr-I

Italy rolls out 'citizens' income' for the poor amid criticisms

Italy’s populist government has rolled out its “citizens’ income” for the poor scheme, amid criticism that the part of the initiative meant to help claimants find a job is not ready to be implemented...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/06/italy-rolls-out-citizens-income-for-the-poor-amid-criticisms

Poverty isn't a lack of character; it's a lack of cash | Rutger Bregman

"Ideas can and do change the world," says historian Rutger Bregman, sharing his case for a provocative one: guaranteed basic income. Learn more about the idea's 500-year history and a forgotten modern experiment where it actually worked -- and imagine how much energy and talent we would unleash if we got rid of poverty once and for all...
https://youtu.be/ydKcaIE6O1k

Universal basic income is the solution to a worsening problem - The Hill

It only requires us to have the vision, empathy and courage to adopt it for the American people. ....
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/424766-universal-basic-income-is-the-solution-to-a-worsening-problem

Universal Basic Income (with Andrew Yang) - Waking Up with Sam Harris #130

In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris speaks with presidential candidate Andrew Yang about “universal basic income” (UBI). They discuss the state of the economy, the rise of automation and AI, the arguments for and against UBI, and other topics.

Andrew Yang is the founder of Venture for America, a major non-profit that places top college graduates in start-ups for two years in emerging U.S. cities to generate job growth and train the next generation of entrepreneurs. Yang has been the CEO, co-founder or executive at a number of technology and education companies. Yang was named a Presidential Ambassador of Global Entrepreneurship and a Champion of Change by the White House and one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business.” He was also named to the National Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the Department of Commerce. A major documentary with an Oscar-winning director, Generation Startup, featuring Yang and Venture for America, was released in Fall 2016 and is available on Netflix and other streaming platforms. He is a graduate of Columbia Law, where he was an Editor of the Law Review, James Kent Scholar and winner of the Class of 1912 Prize, and Brown University where he graduated with degrees in Economics and Political Science. He is the author of The War on Normal People: The Truth About America’s Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/XHYYVM0rJAw

PBS NewsHour full episode May 3, 2018 - YouTube

Thursday on the NewsHour, we follow the money amid conflicting stories from President Trump and his personal attorney about payments to an adult film actress. Also: The former CIA director on the agency under Trump, why Evangelicals support the president, a Canadian plan to give some citizens a guaranteed income, new allegations about Charlie Rose's harassment of women and more.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt5u1BuHA6Q&t=300s

Every middle class worker should get a $6,000 raise | Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes

It's no secret that American income inequality is at its worst point since the gilded age. To break it down for you, there's a very small yet super-rich class at the top (the 1%), and there's the rest of us (the 99%) who are duking it out in a type of capitalist serfdom.....
https://youtu.be/HE08ihvK6kA

Can Universal Basic Income Fix America’s Inequality? | Jeffrey Sachs

Can't the U.S. be a little more like Scandinavia in its ethos? Fixing inequality in America will take more than economic reform, it will also need a cultural shift. From a human rights and decency standard, everybody in a society should be able to meet their basic needs, says economist and Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs – but he questions whether a popular proposal known as Universal Basic Income (UBI) is the way to achieve a better standard of living in the U.S....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4W5RXPXsko&feature=youtu.be

The Billionaire Founder of eBay Plans to Give Thousands of Kenyans Free Income for 12 Years (Money)

A bold experiment in an untested concept. ...
http://time.com/money/4669226/the-billionaire-founder-of-ebay-plans-to-give-thousands-of-kenyans-free-income-for-12-years/