This episode begins with a discussion of racial disparities in mental health, working conditions, and in the impact of the pandemic. Our first guest, Dr. Travis Bristol of UC Berkeley, is an expert on teacher labor markets, specifically teachers' workplace experiences, teacher retention, and the role of race and gender in educational settings; he shares his insights on the general challenges faced by teachers of color, and how those challenges were in some ways exacerbated by the pandemic. We also talk about parents' mental health during the pandemic with Dr. Alberto Ortega of Indiana University, who notes that while schools were closed many parents became de facto educators.