Nice context around the universal basic income "experiment" taking place in Stockton, California and a brief update on the information that is being generated. It's obviously very early, but the article is very balanced on the issue and mentions the caveats to the study while including some specific anecdotes from participants.

Author did a good job of reporting on the experiment - offered competing analysis. Good articlw

Honest article detailing the results of this particular study, however I’m not sure the underlying premise of the study makes any sense. People receive income from multiple sources (job, families, Universal Income, etc). Then people spend their money on things they need/want (food, clothes, bills, entertainment, etc). It’s kind of a silly “study” to pretend that the dollars received from one part of income are the same dollars spent on expenses. In reality, they are not the same dollars. They are just a subset of total income - total expenses in aggregate. However, while I find the premise of this study kind of silly, the article does a good job reporting on its results, and so this article is credible

The article presents a great context of the new data from this research in California. It's good to know they're validating some hypotheses before turning it into a real social program. I liked to read the first impressions, and I'm interested in following this research results. We have some examples of the same kind of "basic universal income" politics/actions around the world, and the results vary a lot.

This article is very well sourced and strikes the right balance of opposing and critical viewpoints throughout. I especially like how this article discusses the way these anecdotal stories are used for positive PR, but are not necessarily large enough sample sizes to be considered accurate scientific studies.