New America experts around the web 1️⃣ Brigid Schulte & Haley Swenson for The Guardian bit.ly/3TGW6NC 2️⃣ @LeeDrutman for Vox bit.ly/46byM27 3️⃣ Lilian Coral for @TechPolicyPress bit.ly/3GcYzwh 4️⃣ Peter W. Singer for Defense One bit.ly/3TA8pvd

Why lies about people living in poverty to garner support for cutting Medicaid & food assistance hurts all of us. A must watch Brigid Schulte video on how politicians must work together to promote policies that actually bolster the livelihoods of workers & their families.

NEW OpEd U.S. News & World Report Ideas & Opinions~ Trump and Vance Want More Women to Get Pregnant. Here’s How to Do That, writes Brigid Schulte usnews.com/opinion/articl… #USNews #Opinion #RemoteWork

If Trump and Vance are serious about boosting birth rates, the research is clear: forget motherhood medals, embrace flexible work, decent jobs and family supportive policies. Make raising families possible. My latest in U.S. News & World Report usnews.com/opinion/articl…

It's Friday afternoon, are you still working? If we listen to esteemed economist and sociologist Juliet Schor and her new research on the benefits of the four-day work week, maybe in the future we won't be. Read our converseation here: newamerica.org/better-life-la…

Excited to see my research featured in this new U.S. News & World Report op-ed on how remote work may be quietly reshaping American fertility. Flexible work isn’t just a perk — it’s changing how and when people form families. usnews.com/opinion/articl…

Hey ⁦Business Insider - why only 20-something men? Um. Successful women? Successful people with kids? ⁩ Businessmen Share the Morning Routines That Set Them up for Success - Business Insider businessinsider.com/mens-morning-r…

Decisions to start a family are intensely personal. But research proves: when people have decent work, reasonable hours & flexible jobs that give them more control over where, when & how they work, birth rates are higher, writes Brigid Schulte in U.S. News & World Report. usnews.com/opinion/articl…

New America around the web: 1️⃣ Jessica Dine, Open Tech Institute for Newsweek bit.ly/44KPGm0 2️⃣ Olivia Lewis for BridgeDetroit bit.ly/44ouR0D 3️⃣ Brigid Schulte, Better Life Lab for U.S. News & World Report bit.ly/463Jx6I 4️⃣ adam harris for The Guardian bit.ly/44W4uzh

Why are parents lonely? Hours people spend at work is ratcheting up, especially for moms who work outside the home for pay. Culturally, what we expect mothers to do has also been ratcheting up--time with children & unpaid care is increasing, says Brigid Schulte on NPR’s 1A now.

Parents feeling alone and isolated-there are systemic reasons for that, says Brigid Schulte. There’s lack of paid leave, a US care infrastructure. We’ve chosen to invest in other things-rather than support parents-chosen not to have public solutions & think abt the common good.

Unpaid Labor Was Finally Being Recognized. Trump Could Erase That. NEW OpEd @USNews Ideas & Opinions by Brigid Schulte of New America (tune into NPR WAMU 88.5 now to hear her talk about it!) usnews.com/opinion/articl… #USNews #Ideas #Economy #Labor

If Department of Government Efficiency cuts funding for the American Time-Use Survey, we will lose the only source of hard data that quantifies the magnitude of unpaid labor on our lives, our economy and the fabric of our society. My latest in U.S. News & World Report usnews.com/opinion/articl…

Unpaid work = is equivalent to 13% of the US GDP. It is measured by the American Time Use Survey, which is targeted by DOGE. If the govt ends the survey, we will become blind to the full picture of our economy and the extent of unpaid care. Brigid Schulte usnews.com/opinion/articl…

1/New study in Nature Human Behaviour confirms what we already knew: a 4-day work week w/o pay cut improves #WorkerHealth—lower #burnout, better sleep, higher satisfaction. And it doesn’t hurt productivity. Shorter work weeks = healthier, more engaged workers. bit.ly/4lNQHB5

Remember when Trump’s CEA chair, Stephen Miran, assured us that his policies would cause the dollar to rise, thereby softening the extent to which tariff-fuelled higher prices boost inflation and undermine purchasing power?

Economic inequality has been growing rapidly since the 1970s. Many Americans are stuck, frustrated, angry. Brigid Schulte interviews Kathryn Anne Edwards to make sense of it all and offer insights on recapturing the American Dream. Full interview here: newamerica.org/better-life-la…

For your baby, your love is more than a gift… it’s a lesson. I’ve written extensively about why we should view early childhood as an apprenticeship (in which children seek to replicate the words and behaviors of their most trusted loved ones). But I’ve rarely seen a better

Another wild scoop on NPR from Tom Dreisbach: Video shows a man on Jan. 6 shouting for the crowd to kill police: “Kill ‘em!” He admitted saying it. One of Trump’s first acts in office was to cancel his trial and hire him for a job at the Justice Department.

How do we counter the prevailing narratives about wealth in this country? Better Life Lab writers have been testing counter-narratives. "Together, everyone thrives," and "We need more ways to reach the American dream." Do either of these resonate?newamerica.org/better-life-la…