Cities Need Housing for Families—So Why Not Help Build Them?
Building housing units and creating housing for families are not the same thing.
In the News: The Affordable Housing Hiding in Plain Sight
FLH Director Yuliya Panfil wrote an essay for Bloomberg, outlining an underexplored, high leverage opportunity to boost affordable housing supply.
Journalism Spotlight: Child Care Pay Equity, Housing Instability, and Death Doula Pay
The latest articles from Better Life Lab staff and journalists we support, bringing work and care challenges and solutions to life to raise awareness and drive action for change.
Workforce Pell: A State Playbook for Implementation
This playbook is designed to support states as they implement Workforce Pell, translating federal requirements into actionable steps, highlighting key policy decisions, and offering practical considerations.
Four Ways to Protect Yourself from the Deepfakes Taking over the Internet
Deepfakes are now being widely used online—even by the government. A tech policy analyst shares four tips to spot them and limit their harms.
The AI Agenda: Exploring the Trump Administration’s Approach to AI Literacy and Use
A discussion on the U.S. AI skilling agenda—what implementation might look like, where gaps remain, and what comes next.
Virtual
12PM – 1PM EDT
Reimagining Work-Family Stories at South by Southwest
Our entertainment initiative joined with partners including CAA Community Impact, GLAAD, MPAC, and Imaginable Futures to share resources at SXSW.
New America and ACCT Announce National Advisory Committee on Workforce & Economic Development
New America and ACCT announce members of the Advisory Committee on Economic & Workforce Development, which will support a first-of-its-kind study of community college presidents and trustees in economic development.
Anke Marais
Senior Associate, Future of Land and Housing
Fires in the Night
Learn about the Earth Liberation Front’s rise and unraveling, drawing on years of original reporting, interviews, and thousands of pages of unreleased investigative files.
Virtual
12PM – 1PM EDT