America is getting older, and the financial architecture built for shorter lifespans and stable careers is straining under the weight of longer retirements, volatile jobs, and rising care costs.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Guaranteed income programs have grown in popularity in the U.S. as costs of living continue to rise. Glowimages/GettyImages Plus ...

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 ...

Cook County just committed millions of public dollars to keep sending no-strings-attached cash to low income residents, turning what began as a pandemic experiment into a permanent feature of local ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Luther King Jr. fought for both racial and economic equality during his life. He argued for a guaranteed basic income in a ...

Basic income pilots have distributed over $335 million in economic relief to Americans. A coalition supported by 250 US lawmakers gathered preliminary reports for 27 pilot programs. Of that collection ...

Janet Lewis participated in the 2022-2024 pilot of the IndyEast Guaranteed Income Initiative. She continues to work with an adviser at the John Boner Neighborhood Centers. (IBJ photo/Chad Williams) ...

Recap: One suggestion for helping the many thousands of people laid off or unable to find a job because of AI has long been a basic income program. That plan is no longer a theoretical proposition: it ...

In Colorado, full-time workers need to earn an hourly wage of at least $36.79 to afford $2,000 in monthly rent, which is below the federal fair market rate for a Denver-area two-bedroom unit. For many ...