Creating a wage floor is an effective way to fight poverty—and it would reduce government spending and intrusion.

That it’s actually universal

The genre frequently exposes the rot within supposedly perfect futures.

A 27-year-old mayor is implementing a $1 million experiment in guaranteed income for residents of a poor city just outside the Bay Area.

The civil rights leader laid out his vision for fighting poverty in his final book. 

The political rookies Andrew Yang and Marianne Williamson will get their shot at Thursday’s Democratic debate, sharing the stage with eight politicians with a combined 150 years of elected experience.

Randomly selected Stockton residents are receiving $500 a month. The experiment might prove that guaranteed income works.

The highlights from seven days of reading about the world

Questioning a basic orthodoxy

“Poverty is a human-rights issue.”