California city gives residents $500 a month. Is this the future of progressive politics?

California city gives residents $500 a month. Is this the future of progressive politics?

What would you do if the government gave you $1,000 per month? That’s what democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang wants. We explain UBI. USA TODAY

STOCKTON, Calif. — After losing a steady job two years ago, Zohna Everett struggled to make ends meet. She drove for ride-hailing services, clipped grocery coupons, turned in recyclables for gas money and traded manicures for press-on nails from Walmart.

Then a phone call changed her financial outlook. Everett learned she had been selected to become one of 125 Stockton residents receiving $500 a month for 18 months, a first-in-the-nation pilot test of a universal basic […]

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