A Brazilian favela is combating Covid through community
Distrustful of the government's pandemic response, residents took matters into their own hands.
Economy / Poverty
Poverty
Can basic income really work? Cities’ experiments may hold clues
The idea is to address economic pain by giving people money, no strings attached. A few places are testing it out to see what happens.
An economic crash opens a ‘window for hope’ on universal basic income
A researcher explains how cash assistance fits into governments' response to coronavirus.
