A City Council member wants Durham to take on poverty like only one city has tried before: by giving some of its poorest residents $500 or more a month.
Council member Mark-Anthony Middleton proposes Durham give 200 to 300 residents about $500 to $1,000 a month, for 12 to 18 months, as an experiment to reduce income inequality and the racial wealth gap.
He first announced the idea at a council meeting July 23, when he also discussed the city’s rise in gun violence and again advocated for using Shotspotter , a gunshot detection service. The same meeting included a report […]
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