Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal

Invented by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, BASIC was first successfully ...
Iowa Public Radio

Basic income program set to begin $500 monthly payments

Participants have been selected for a pilot program that will provide basic income support to low-income residents in central Iowa. Starting May 15, 110 people in Polk, Dallas and Warren counties will ...
Des Moines Register

New basic income program gives central Iowans $500 a month — no strings attached

Anne Bacon, CEO of the nonprofit IMPACT Community Partnership, said she's figured out why people experience financial problems — and the reason is much simpler than others might think. "Addition and ...
Lifehacker

Small Basic Teaches Programming Fundamentals

Windows only: If you've never played around with programming before, this weekend is a perfect time to start. Small Basic is a recent offering from Microsoft based on the venerable BASIC programming ...
EDN

BASIC, the first programming language for commoners, celebrates its 50th anniversary

On May 1st, 1964, two Dartmouth professors by the names of John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz debuted BASIC, a revolutionary programming language credited for expanding computer literacy outside the realm ...
Business Insider

A basic income program funded by descendants of slave owners provides $1,000 a month as a form of reparations

Buck and Gracie Close are funding a basic income program for victims of unjust policing. They view the program as a form of reparations for their family's history as slave owners. The program, ...