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Welcome to the Better Life Lab Newsletter!

New America's Breadwinning & Caregiving Program is now the Better Life Lab 

Here are five things you need to know this week to make your life better at work and at home:

No One's Going To Beat Him Down

We absolutely love this video from the folks at Fatherly, featuring a working dad and former Marine telling the story of how he cares for his autistic son. If you love the video like we do, you should also check out Fatherly's report with Plum Organics, whose #ParentingUnfiltered campaign has a number of incredible stories to read, watch, and reflect on.

Finding History Everywhere

It's the last day of Women's History Month! We’re still celebrating Women’s History Month with snapshots capturing important contributions to women’s history. We hope you'll share some of your own favorites! Tweet them to us @BetterLifeLab with the hashtag #BLLhistory. Here you’ll see a sidewalk medallion from the Points of Light Monument in Washington, DC, honoring Ida B. Wells: journalist, anti-lynching crusader, and according to Aliya Rahman of Code for Progress, her "favorite data scientist."

Click the photo, snapped by BLL Fellow Jane Carr, to read more about Wells. Plus, for the investigative journalists out there: The Nation Institute's Investigative Fund has launched an investigative fellowship for journalists of color named after her (applications are due April 18). 

The Female Scouts Behind "Play Ball!" 

It's opening day of the Major League Baseball season this weekend and a timely moment to read this New York Times snapshot of the women whose eyes for baseball skill have been overlooked for too long.

Home Economics

Heather Boushey's essay in Democracy Journal, adapted from her new book Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict, breaks down the facts, figures, and fictions of work-life in America, asking why we make it so hard for today’s families to balance home and work when the family is the building block of our economy. Good question! 

The Intern

In Fortune, Claire Zillman profiled Path Forward, a non-profit "whose aim is to help companies set up mid-career internships for individuals—parents and other caregivers—who’ve been out of the workforce for a few years." Yes! We need more options like these for American workers to manage career and caregiving responsibilities. For a first-person account of being an intern at 40 and other ways employers are "changing how they engage with return-to-work talent," watch Carol Fishman Cohen's talk at TEDxBeaconStreet.

Upcoming Better Life Lab Events: Join Us!

Mark your calendars for a can't-miss event on Thursday, April 7, at 9 AM: The Power of Parity in the U.S., the D.C. launch of a new report from McKinsey on gender inequality in the United States that zeroes in on laboratories of change in states, cities, companies and nonprofits. Join us for an exclusive discussion about how to move forward on key gender equality issues. Following remarks from U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios, New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter, McKinsey Global Institute Director Jonathan Woetzel and McKinsey Partner Kweilin Ellingrud, we’ll explore a range of potential interventions for government, businesses, and other stakeholders. If you can't join us in person, RSVP for the livestream and following the conversation online using #PowerOfParity.

That's a wrap for this week! We'll look forward to seeing your inbox again next week, but in the meantime, you can always find us on Twitter @BetterLifeLab. Have a great week! 

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About New America

New America is dedicated to the renewal of American politics, prosperity, and purpose in the Digital Age. Our hallmarks are big ideas, pragmatic policy solutions, technological innovation, and creative engagement with broad audiences. Read the rest of our story, or see what we've been doing recently in our latest Annual Report.

About the Better Life Lab

New America’s Breadwinning & Caregiving Program is thrilled to unveil a new name, the Better Life Lab, and an updated agenda to transform policy and culture so that people and families have the opportunity to live their best lives at work and at home. As a “lab,” we are dedicated to disruptive experiments, collaborative work, and innovative thinking.

“Your Life, Better: News From the Better Life Lab” will be our way to keep you in the know, featuring the best of what we’re reading and writing about gender equity, the evolution of work, and social policies that support 21st-century families. We will be a clear signal amid the noise to share what’s fresh and crucial to an inclusive vision of work-life, gender, and income equity issues.

Meet the Better Life Lab Team

Brigid Schulte, Program Director, Director of The Good Life Initiative, award-winning journalist, formerly of The Washington Post, and author of Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play when No One has the Time
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Elizabeth Weingarten, Deputy Director, Director of GGPI
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Liza Mundy, Senior Fellow and author of The Richer Sex
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Jane Carr, American Council of Learned Societies Fellow & Program Fellow
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Katherine Zoepf, Fellow and author of Excellent Daughters
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Jay Newton-Small, National Fellow and author of Broad Influence
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Alieza Durana, Policy Analyst 
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