Better Life Lab

The coronavirus crisis is upending the way we work, live, connect with one another. THis week, we look at how the coronavirus pandemic is straining an already fragile child care system. The crisis is showing clearly how central child care is to our economy and society. How are parents coping? How are early care educators, providers and care workers surviving? How do we build a better child care system for the future? We’ll hear from care workers, providers, parents and Lillian Mongeau, west coast bureau chief of the Hechinger Report and author of of  "Our Fragile Childcare “System” may be about to shatter.”

If you'd like to join next week's taping, please join us here:

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On Friday, May 8 at 1 PM ET, we'll have a 30-minute interactive conversation on how single parents are managing in the coronavirus pandemic. One in five children in the United States live with a single mother, and 4 percent live with a single father. And while the number of children living with an unmarried parent has increased from 13 percent in 1968 to 32 percent, most work and care systems are still set up to support two-parent families. How are single-parent families managing the pandemic? And what will they need to thrive once we’re out of the crisis?

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As crisis has become the "new normal," there are new rules for so many things we took for granted just a few weeks ago.

Some of the biggest changes have to do with work: How can people work remotely, flexibly — and effectively — in a crisis like this? Host Brigid Schulte is joined this week by guests including Cali Yost, workplace strategist with the Flex Strategy Group. She’s worked with companies for more than 25 years to create flexible work environments.

And ... if you'd like to be a part of the next recording of Crisis Conversations, we'd love to have you!

Join us Friday, May 1 at 1 pm Eastern time, for a 30-minute interactive conversation about how the coronavirus pandemic is straining an already fragile child care system. Brigid Schulte will be joined by Lillian Mongeau, West Coast Bureau Chief of the Hechinger Report, and author of "Our fragile child care ‘system’ may be about to shatter.”

Here's the link to sign up:

https://newamerica.zoom.us/webinar/register/7415876576996/WN_DRizd9RbRoi_huCiw2uDkg

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Many front-line healthcare workers are routinely exposed to the deadly coronavirus, and many of them have made the difficult choice to live away from their families in an effort to keep them safe. Congress voted to exclude healthcare workers from emergency paid sick and family leave, so these workers are themselves forced to choose between coming to work sick, or using personal time or unpaid time, to stay home. Front-line healthcare workers are also witnessing first hand as the country’s troubling health disparities play out, with devastating consequences for people of color. To dig into this crisis within the crisis, host Brigid Schulte is joined by healthcare workers including Dennis Kosuth, an Emergency Room and school nurse in Chicago and member of National Nurses United.

And if you'd like to join the live Zoom recording of next week's program, sign up here:

https://newamerica.zoom.us/webinar/register/4215871426699/WN_xBU94_OxTWKopBt_9cxKgQ

On Friday, April 24, Brigid will be joined by Cali Yost, workplace strategist with the Flex Strategy Group, for a 30 minute interactive conversation about how the coronavirus pandemic may reshape work and work cultures. How can people work remotely, flexibly and effectively in a crisis?

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The coronavirus pandemic is completely disrupting the way we work, and the way we live,

That’s why the Better Life Lab is offering  Crisis Conversations - Live from Better Life Lab. With host Brigid Schulte working from her home office — recording into the cheap mic built into the cord of her earbuds — we're recording live Zoom sessions on Fridays.

Our lead guest for this episode is Rachel Deutsch, supervising attorney for worker justice at the Center for Popular Democracy. We'll also hear front-line stories from four workers. They'll share their experiences of pandemic furloughs, and snafus with unemployment insurance — including one laid-off worker who has called hundreds of times, to try to file her claim.

We want these sessions to be an intimate, interactive space for people to take a breath, and share stories. We'll reflect and gain some perspective and context, and think about what these changes could mean for the future of work, gender equity, health and social policy. If you'd like to attend our next live-recorded Zoom event — on Friday, April 17, about how coronavirus is upending the lives of frontline nurses and doctors. We'll hear directly from healthcare workers living in virtual quarantine to try to protect their own families.

And if you'd like to join this week's live webinar taping of Crisis Conversations, follow this link:

https://newamerica.zoom.us/webinar/register/3915864469789/WN_8WzNCXP3Ro-BoPqauYF75Q

This live event — on Friday, April 17, 1 pm Eastern — focuses on how the coronavirus pandemic has upended the lives of the frontline healthcare workers exposed to the deadly virus, many of whom are living away from their families in order to keep them safe.

More at: https://www.newamerica.org/events/

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The coronavirus pandemic is completely disrupting the way we work, and the way we live, care and relate to one another.

So much is changing, and so fast, it’s hard to keep up with it all,

That’s why the Better Life Lab is offering  Crisis Conversations - Live from Better Life Lab. With host Brigid Schulte working from home — recording into the cheap mic built into the cord of her earbuds — we're recording live Zoom sessions on Fridays. We want these sessions to be an intimate, interactive space for people to take a breath, and share stories. We'll reflect and gain some perspective and context, and think about what these changes could mean for the future of work, gender equity, health and social policy.

Our lead guest for this episode is Eve Rodsky, author of the New York Times bestselling Fair Play. Eve works with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, discussing how coronavirus may be upending the unfair division of labor at home. Could the social distancing required to slow the pandemic expose the double burden women have been shouldering for decades, and trigger a reset in gender norms around work and care? We'll also hear a personal story from Stephen Dypiangco, co-founder of Dadventures.

And we'll hear stories and Q&A from attendees on the recorded call.

If you'd like to attend our next live-recorded Zoom event — on Friday, April 10, about how the coronavirus pandemic has shut down businesses and left millions of people without work — please follow this link:

https://newamerica.zoom.us/webinar/register/5115861816279/WN_1d_UUTRmTmer_iUhY_DL9g

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The coronavirus pandemic is completely disrupting the way we work, and the way we live, care and relate to one another. The novel virus that threatens public health and is sending stress and anxiety levels soaring is also reshaping public policies for families and workers for the first time in decades.

So much is changing, and so fast, that it’s hard to keep up with it all, much less figure out what it means, and where it might lead us once we emerge out of the crisis, whenever that will be.

That’s why the Better Life Lab is launching Crisis Conversations - Live from Better Life Lab. With host Brigid Schulte working from home — recording into the cheap mic built into the cord of her earbuds — we're recording live Zoom sessions on Fridays to create an intimate and interactive space for people to take a breath, and share stories. We'll reflect and gain some perspective and context, and think about what these changes could mean for the future of work, gender equity, health and social policy.

Our lead guest for this episode is- Vicki Shabo, Senior fellow for paid leave policy and strategy with New America and a leading national expert on family-supportive policy. She'll be talking about how COVID-19 may be reshaping family-supportive public policy forever. And we'll hear stories and Q&A from attendees on the recorded call — please sign up here if you'd like to be invited to a future live-recorded Zoom call — usually on Fridays.

To join the April 3 live session, follow this link:

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Hosted by Brigid Schulte, produced by David Schulman, with help from the New America Communications and Better Life Lab teams.

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In Japan, workers are so used to working punishingly long hours that dying from overwork is a common phenomenon: so common, in fact, that victim families can and do routinely apply for worker compensation benefits. We hear the stories of Japanese workers caught up in a system of overwork, young activists trying to change things on the ground, and a professor trying to make sense of it all. Is it just a Japanese phenomenon? What can Americans learn from a culture of overwork?

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