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The coronavirus pandemic is disrupting virtually everything about the way we work, live, connect with one another and expect from our government, businesses, communities and each other. And it’s exposing the deep cracks and inequities in American society across race, class and gender. We can’t go back. So what will it take to create a fairer, healthier future of work and family? That’s what we explore on Crisis Conversations – Live from the Better Life Lab. Join us on Zoom to share stories, ask questions and make sense of what’s so rapidly unfolding, and imagine together a better, more equitable new normal.

Host:

Brigid Schulte Director, Better Life Lab at New America

Guests:

Bryce Covert Journalist and author, most recently of "The economy could lose a generation of working mothers"

Jessica Calarco Associate professor of sociology at Indiana University who studies inequalities in family life and education. Her pandemic-related research includes "My husband thinks I’m crazy" and "Let’s not pretend it’s fun"

Kari McCracken Mother of five who was recently pushed out of the workforce and a career she loved because of a lack of childcare