Ernest Hancock Interviews Diane
A robust discussion that gets into the weeds about how and whether unconditional income can be a path to freedom from coercion.
Financial Freedom Week with Congressional candidate Blair Walsingham of TN
Only 1/5 of people in TN poor enough to qualify for national Temporary Assistance for Needy Families cash assistance are even enrolled.
May 16 Income Movement Shake Up Congress Car Parade
Social distance can't stop activism: May 16th Shake Up Congress Car Parade to demand recurring cash payments to be included in COVID19 legislation
National Priorities?
Is it lost on anyone that in a city where we say we want to end inequality, that all the kids who sell candy on the train are black, while almost none of the 895 kids who got into Stuyvesant High School this year were black? That's really, really bad.
Explaining U.S. Social Safety Net to Scandinavians is Utterly Embarrassing
UBI, and candidates who are committed to making it the law are where we need to be investing our energy, not in charity, tweaking failed Welfare "to Work" policies state to state, not in passing out sandwiches and Thanksgiving turkeys.
Other People’s Hunger
We shouldn’t use a life threatening crisis like poverty as the basis for a public art project without any responsible discussion or call to action of how to solve it.
Scarcity, Misdeeds, and Violence? Or Universal Basic Income?
Andrew Yang, Presidential candidate writes, "A culture of scarcity is a culture of negativity. They attack each other. Tribalism and divisiveness go way up."
Disastrous Homelessness Policy Makes Us All Crazy
This month, we read that a woman set another woman afire at a shelter in Queens, New York after an argument. In 2016, a man was practically beheaded at a Manhattan shelter after an argument gone bad. A DHS spokesperson said of the fire starter, “this unconscionable act goes against everything we stand for.” This [...]
Stuff that Makes No Sense: United States
What if legislators LEGISLATED that the dollar amount of a Food Stamp monthly benefit match the amount the USDA itself says is needed to buy the amount and quality of food that keeps a person alive?
Which is it? People need clarity from charities
Well meaning and less than well meaning attempts at "feeding" poor New Yorkers aside, we need a Universal Basic Income.