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.

Republicans in Iowa are trying to block plans for a guaranteed basic income program. State Rep. Steve Holt said the programs are "socialism on steroids." Holt and another representative introduced a ...

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 ...