A $2.30-a-day basic income trial is trying to save the Amazon rainforest

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People of a Peruvian Amazonian community, seen from the rear, walk along a dirt track amid lush greenery.
$2.30 is enough to feed a family in the Peruvian Amazon for a day.

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A yearlong basic income experiment in New Jersey helped residents buy groceries and pay rent, the city's mayor said. Now they're expanding the program.

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Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh.
Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh.

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