By Devan Cole, CNN<\/p>\n
Nearly a month after ending his long shot Democratic presidential campaign, Andrew Yang launched on Thursday a nonprofit group focused on making the central ideas of his campaign a reality.<\/p>\n
The group, called Humanity Forward, will \"endorse and provide resources to political candidates who embrace Universal Basic Income, human-centered capitalism and other aligned policies at every level,\" according to its website.<\/p>\n
Yang, a businessman who ended his campaign in February, rose from obscurity to become a highly-visible candidate, rallying a coalition of liberal Democrats, libertarians and some disaffected Republicans to form a devoted group of followers known as the Yang Gang. A prominent platform in his campaign was his so-called Freedom Dividend, a plan to give every American adult $1,000 a month universal basic income that he argued would alleviate a host of social ills and eradicate poverty.<\/p>\n
The new group also plans to increase voter turnout in the 2020 election, with a particular focus on young Americans, Asian-Americans, independents and \"individuals who have not been engaged in the political process,\" according to a release.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Yang, who is now a CNN political commentator, will launch a podcast in which he will \"discuss new ideas to solve the greatest challenges of our time with\" notable guests and \"regular Americans\" alike.<\/p>\n
\"Our campaign grew so much because we had a clearer diagnosis of the problems that face our country and a real vision for how to solve them,\" Yang said in a statement. \"We're in the midst of the greatest technological and economic transformation in the history of the world, and we need real solutions to make the economy work for us, the people.\"<\/p>\n
According to the release, Yang, in an effort to showcase how his proposed Freedom Dividend would work, has also \"committed to personally give $1,000 a month for an entire year to one donor to the new organization.\"<\/p>\n
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