A basic income program in rural Romania has helped children succeed — and even become Olympians. The kids spent the money on food, clothes, textbooks, therapy, and sports gear. Researchers reported ...

That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started ...

Nonprofit Miracle Messages launched a program to test out universal basic income for homeless people. So far, 14 people are participating in the program and receiving $500 per month for 6 months. A ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Mayor London Breed on Thursday said she plans to immediately implement a number of proposals from a new report on San Francisco's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic ...

BOSTON - Will Boston try a new approach to tackling poverty? The Boston City Council this week held a hearing to consider a guaranteed basic income program for its poorest residents. City Councilor ...

A pair of San Francisco nonprofits will provide more than 200 recently homeless Bay Area families with monthly cash payments as part of a guaranteed basic-income program that organizers say they hope ...

Trudeau government is already paying 2,000 Canadian dollars per four-week period to those rendered unemployed or underemployed during the Covid-19 pandemic The idea of instituting a universal basic ...

Microsoft has open-sourced the 6502 BASIC programming language interpreter from 1976. Its source code is now available on ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Central Oregon Community College has been busy expanding their Adult Basic Skills program and is now able to help nearly twice as many students achieve their goals as just a year ...