Tax Notes contributing editor Carrie Brandon Elliot discusses the rising interest in universal basic income, especially as artificial intelligence disrupts the job market, and the role of tax policy ...

Universal health care is a basic human right that is part of the social compact. The government that fails to provide this is in serious violation of its obligations to its citizens. Providing proper ...

The federal government spent around $4 trillion ($30,000 per household) on entitlements in 2025, up from $1 trillion in 2000. This spending is supposed to prevent poverty, but the bulk of it goes to ...

In some towns in India, a visitor to the post office who's squinting at fine print might be asked: Do you want an eye test?

The United States is a plutocracy. Its economy works for the wealthy and powerful at the expense of working people. It is a ...

By Kim Do-yoon, The Herald Business The government will provide free sanitary pads at select public facilities nationwide — ...

Washington, New York, Paris, Geneva, Abu Dhabi, 24 June 2026 – At a time when energy security and affordability have risen to the top of the development agenda, 655 million people globally still lack ...

Roslyn Truman was behind on rent and electricity, living paycheck to paycheck, in what she calls a “constant seesaw” of ...

The policy could provide a much-needed hedge against a future AI dystopia—but only if it’s designed the right way.

We’re told that artificial intelligence is so amazing that even the best and brightest among us can’t hold a candle to it, and with each passing day, it’s increasingly difficult to deny that claim. AI ...

Albuquerque is adding 20 young people to a city income program that pays $750 a month and connects them with trauma and addiction treatment.