In Georgia, a basic income program’s success with Black women adds to growing national interest

In Georgia, a basic income program’s success with Black women adds to growing national interest

Children draw on top of a cancelled check prop during a rally in front of the U.S. Capitol December 13, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Participants who received an average of $850 per month used it for paying bills, reducing debt, and improving credit.

By Timothy Pratt, for Capital & Main

In 2022, Shamarra Woods, now 31, was about to leave Atlanta, frustrated by her high rent and low pay as a logistics team trainee at a cardboard box company, a job it had taken her a year to find. A single mother (her daughter Memri was born in March […]

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