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  • Free Money: The Surprising Effects of a Basic Income Supplied by Government

    Issie Lapowsky

    November 12, 2017 |

    Wired |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cherokee, North Carolina

    In North Carolina, the Cherokee tribe members receive cash payments every year from the revenue of local casinos. Native American reservations have one of the highest poverty rates in the country, but this payment has shown a positive impact on children's lives. As inequality increases, tech companies are advocating for "universal basic income," using the Cherokee community as a case study. More research needs to take place in order to define what the universal basic income will be, how people will respond to it, and what will be the overall effects.

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  • No Matter What Washington Does, One Nonprofit Is Closing the Digital Divide

    Issie Lapowsky

    May 25, 2017 |

    Wired |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma

    With no alternative, some community college students in Talihina, Oklahoma sit in the parking lot of the local hospital at night, logging on to the internet network to complete research papers, oftentimes on smartphones. With Obama-era broadband infrastructure improvement plans now uncertain, one nonprofit is getting "out of the government's umbrella" and working to ensure the goal of connecting 350,000 people nationwide by 2020 is still met. By both building infrastructure and making it more affordable, ConnectHome Nation seeks to answer, "What could they become ... if they just had an equal shot?"

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