Holding It Together: Filmmaker Cameron Kit on Women, Work, and the Child Care Crisis
A woman with a long ponytail, wearing black leggings, and a black sweatshirt, pulls an orange cart through a hardware store aisle sto…
Narrative Change & Storytelling
Child Care Reporting Grants: Frequently Asked Questions
Better Life Lab reporting grants frequently asked questions.
New Reporting Grants Aim to Strengthen and Elevate Caregiving Coverage
Better Life Lab's care reporting grants supported journalists and storytellers covering innovations in child care, disability, elder,…
Breaking Out of a Gendered Box: Centering What’s Most Human When Writing About Work, Family, and Care
How people in the U.S. perceive, experience, and discuss the impact of gender roles in work, family, and care contexts.
Explainer: The FAMILY Act of 2025
Key parameters in the FAMILY Act, a comprehensive paid leave bill, would help to provide the financial stability people need.
Gen Z Doesn’t Need ‘Severance’—They Need Shared Spaces for Work and Care
Gen Z wants real work-life balance. Georgia Norton explores how co-located work and child care could be the key to making it possible.
In “Mom’s Hierarchy of Needs,” Health and Happiness Mean Energy, Not Time Management
Moms in the United States are struggling. Leslie Forde says they have to start doing less.
This Labor Day, Viewers Want to See Relatable Challenges With Jobs, Money, and Work-Family Stress
New research finds that audiences seek visibility, understanding, and solutions in the media they consume.
The Moral Argument for Fixing Child Care: An Excerpt from ‘Raising a Nation’
In his new book, Elliot Haspel explains how the broken U.S. child care system affects us all.
As an Early Educator, I Held Up My End of the Bargain. The Wealthy Did Not.
For 30 years, I worked in a field considered essential, yet I was paid poverty wages.
They Were One Disaster from Losing It All. Now Disasters Keep Coming.
It has been over two hundred days since the L.A. wildfires. As families affected still fight to recover, community support is essential.
Building a Better Future Through Child Care—Vermont Leads the Way
Rebecca Gale highlights how Vermont’s Act 76 shows collective investment in child care can lift kids, providers, and businesses alike.
With Rising Inequality, the American Dream Needs a Reboot
The American Dream has stalled. Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards explains how we can get ourselves unstuck.
“Three [Kids] Is the New Six”—But Many Can’t Afford Even That
U.S. birth rates are falling. Haley Swenson explores why—and how reviving the American Dream could help reverse the trend.