poverty How UBI is helping farmers deal with poverty and pandemic life at the same time Thom Dunn

economics 11 US cities are piloting Universal Basic Income programs, with more to come Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Raising money for a UBI fund that helps families affected COVID-19 Thom Dunn

uber Douglas Rushkoff's sobering view of Universal Basic Income Rusty Blazenhoff

class war Universal basic income vs jobs guarantees: which one will make us happier? Cory Doctorow

labor Liberaltarianism: Silicon Valley's emerging ideology of "disruption with economic airbags" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Tim O'Reilly's WTF? A book that tells us how to keep the technology baby and throw out the Big Tech bathwater Cory Doctorow

class war Making sense of Basic Income proposals Cory Doctorow

economics Eight people own the same wealth as 3.6 billion other people David Pescovitz

happy mutants Bruce Sterling's SXSW 2017 keynote: what should humans do? Cory Doctorow

Business How self-driving cars could make everything worse, and what to do about it Cory Doctorow

texas Austin's guaranteed basic income pilot program was a hit. A GOP state senator doesn't want it to happen in Houston Jennifer Sandlin

Innovation How modern crises originate from a social order built on insecurity Mark Frauenfelder

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politics Andrew Yang leaves Democratic Party to form his own Rob Beschizza

economics Deutsche Bank thinks people should pay a 5% "privilege tax" to work from home Thom Dunn

new york The story of how Buffalo's oldest, best-established Black neighborhood was literally wiped off the map is a perfect parable about systemic bias — UPDATED Cory Doctorow

offworld How card games became cool again Kim Nguyen

President Obama's tech-centered State of the Union: full text, and digital rights concerns Xeni Jardin