Recent Press Coverage

Curious to learn more about the task force? See below for a list of compiled new clips:

• Universal Basic Income experiment would give low-income families cash for free // Tahman Bradley, WGN-TV (7/18/18)
• Ald. Pawar Drives Initiative to Test Universal Basic Income in Chicago // Nicole Cardos, WTTW Chicago (7/19/18)
• This Major U.S. City Could Soon Give $500 to Its Poorest Residents, No Strings Attached // Sinead Baker, TIME Money (7/19/18)
• Radical idea? Alderman proposes free money for some of Chicago’s poorest // Brian Jackson, Chicago Sun-Times (7/20/18)
• Ald. Pawar Wants Chicago To Try Universal Basic Income // Nereida Moreno, WBEZ (7/25/18)
• Why Chicago should test a ‘basic income’ program // Daniel Hemel, Crain’s Chicago Business (8/10/18)
• Task force to study whether Chicago should impose universal basic income // Good Day Chicago
• Can Cities Pave the Way Toward a Universal Basic Income? // Sophie Kasakove, The Nation (8/13/18)
• Universal basic income could redress the high cost of underemployment in Chicago // David Thigpen, The Chicago Reporter (8/23/18)
• Evalúan propuesta que busca otorgar un subsidio económico a familias con necesidades en Chicago // Univision Chicago (9/11/18)
• Task force will study whether Chicago should impose a universal basic income plan to help struggling families // John Byrne, Chicago Tribune (9/11/18)
• Task Force Charged With Looking at Universal Basic Income Wants to Hear From Chicagoans // Alex V. Hernandez & Heather Cherone, Block Club Chicago (9/12/18)
• Chicago Considers Basic Universal Income // Alexa Lardieri, U.S. News & World Report (9/12/18)
• Universal Basic Income Gets a Hearing // Ted Cox, One Illinois (9/13/18)
• No Strings Attached: Chicago to Study Universal Basic Income // John Byrne, Governing (9/13/18)
• Mayor Announces Resilient Families Task Force To Combat Poverty In Chicago // Katherine Newman, Chicago Citizen (9/26/18)