Direct checks caught support on a national stage. Can cities use them to abolish poverty?

Direct checks caught support on a national stage. Can cities use them to abolish poverty?

Then-presidential candidate Andrew Yang speaks in Baltimore, February 2019. How do you end poverty and rebalance the structural economic inequality that resulted from decades of racist policies?

It’s a big question, but in recent years there has been more interest in a solution that doesn’t take many words to explain: Provide regular, direct cash payments to residents. No strings attached.

The idea has surfaced on the national stage in recent years. But as with many policy plans, it may be the local level that proves it out. One sign of that was evident in Baltimore this week, when Mayor Brandon Scott […]

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