Guaranteed income programs like these have seen a resurgence in recent years amid attempts to address racial and economic equality and reduce poverty.
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is the author of a new book based on her previous work titled, “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story,” where she argues slavery is central in the fabric of the U.S.When Michelle Lockhart was a teenager in Atlanta, she had to work two jobs -- as a camp counselor and fast-food worker -- to take care of her family.
She said her mother became disabled at that time due to a brain tumor, but it took months of cutting through red tape to qualify for desperately needed federal assistance. If they had gotten more help then,"I could have focused on going to college and doing what people my age were doing: going to prom and enjoying their teen years," Lockhart, now 41, told ABC News.-- a demographic hit particularly hard by poverty -- will get some of that help. Payments of $850 per month will roll out over the next two years in one of the biggest guaranteed income experiments in the country.
The scope can be either targeted or universal. They have had successes, but some critics say these initiatives have to be multifaceted to work and address the nuances of poverty. Others claim it will stop people from working or be too expensive to maintain., Lockhart said many of her neighbors continue to experience similar hardships, despite working day and night in an effort to escape poverty.
"Everybody's on this hamster wheel," Lockhart said."They're working two or three jobs … they're working low wage jobs, but they're still in poverty."Signage on a fence in the Old Fourth Ward area of Atlanta.
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