One of Mr. Biden’s first acts in office was to abolish what he called the “offensive, counter-factual 1776 Commission” that Mr. Trump had set up to try to restore “patriotic education” at national parks and in schools across the country.
“Unity and healing must begin with understanding and truth, not ignorance and lies,” Mr. Biden said Tuesday when announcing more of his racial justice agenda.
Historians have criticized the 1776 Commission’s report, released last week, as lacking critical context and glossing over slavery and the mistreatment of Native Americans as part and parcel of the American story.
Mr. Gonzalez challenged Mr. Biden to point to any specific inaccuracies in the panel’s work.
Universal Basic Income Fails to Get to the Root of Urban Poverty
How UBI proposals distract from the real problem: housing costs.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
In an effort to reduce poverty in their cities, eleven mayors have signed on to a push to guarantee abasic income for the more than 5 million people they collectively represent.
The first U.S. city to move forward on this initiative was Stockton, California, but the effort has gained more steam given the unemployment uptick due to Coronavirus-related government shutdowns of the private sector.
While the policy is well-intentioned, it’s far from the most effective way to eradicate poverty in America’s cities and, in the long-term, could have unintended consequences on the exact people the mayors hope to help.
Economy, finance, and budgets
Earlier this year, Stockton, California, mayor Michael Tubbs formed a new coalition, Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, with the goal of lifting Americans out of poverty by providing monthly, no-strings-attached, cash assistance. Cities started to embrace the idea as local economies ground to a halt and millions of families faced serious hardship. Some of the nation’s largest municipalities have now pledged support, including Los Angeles, Newark, Shreveport, New Orleans, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Richmond. The number of mayors in the coalition, only 11 in July, stands at 30 today, and the effort has won support from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who recently donated $15 million. The project is even gaining steam in Texas: San Antonio mayor Ron Nirenberg has publicly signed on.