Radio host Jesse Lee Peterson attacked Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang with bigoted comments last week. “There is this little Asian guy or Chinese guy or whatever he is, he should go back to China or wherever he came from,” Peterson said. “You allow these people to come into our…
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Springboard to Opportunities Nonprofit Offers Women Universal Basic Income
A nonprofit called Springboard to Opportunities, is giving 20 Black single mothers a year of universal basic income, $1,000 a month – and it has helped support major improvements to their lives. The program is in Jackson, Mississippi. It originally helped low-income people write resumes and workforce development, but Aisha…
Archived: Universal Basic Income to Fight Poverty in Silicon Valley
The opening experiment to universal basic income might be underway. The community of Stockton, Calif., is planning to hand out $500 a month to 100 citizens. This project is being funded by the cofounder of Silicon Valley giant Facebook, Chris Hughes, and his firm, the Economic Security Project. For a…