{"id":663,"date":"2026-01-15T16:15:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:24:10","slug":"better-life-lab","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Life Lab"},"template":"","issue_tax":[257],"program_tax":[57],"class_list":["post-663","program","type-program","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"former_program":false,"abstract":"The Better Life Lab tells stories that bring the intersection of work and care to life. For over a decade, we\u2019ve built top-tier research and storytelling capabilities\u2014recruiting seasoned journalists and researchers while equipping new voices to share their experiences in powerful, unexpected ways. Through this work, we spark cultural change and drive progress toward a society where individuals, families, and communities thrive\u2014supported by fair, universal care infrastructure; meaningful work; and cultural norms that value equity, connection, and well-being.\r\n\r\nWe are scaling our impact across diverse political and cultural landscapes and strengthening our role as a leading voice in the movement to reimagine work and care in the United States. Seeing storytelling as a unique strength and part of our DNA, we aim to provoke narrative shifts that transform norms, policies, and workplace practices. As part of a broader movement, our work contributes to lasting societal change\u2014helping to build a fairer, more caring America for all.","helper_social_links":null,"helper_taxonomies":{"issue_tax":[257],"topic_tax":false,"program_tax":[57],"project_tax":[66,244,238,50],"person_tax":false,"fellowship_tax":false,"event_type":false,"location":false,"insight_type":false,"award":false,"podcast_show_tax":false,"person_type":false,"demographic_key":false,"survey_topic":false,"organization":false},"update_project_details":true,"hide_projects":false,"project_title":"Projects & Initiatives","project_description":"","manually_curate_projects":false,"projects":null},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_featured_content","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_featured_content":{"headline":"","header_button_text":"","manually_curate":true,"posts":[53625,34908,35042,34924,42585],"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_upcoming_event","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_upcoming_event":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_featured_experts","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_featured_experts":{"heading":"","manually_curate":true,"people":[{"choose_person":"post","post":[5224],"image":null,"name":"","title":"","link":null},{"choose_person":"post","post":[3459],"image":null,"name":"","title":"","link":null},{"choose_person":"post","post":[4418],"image":null,"name":"","title":"","link":null},{"choose_person":"post","post":[4191],"image":null,"name":"","title":"","link":null}],"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_our_impact","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_our_impact":{"heading":"","posts":"","":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_logo_rail","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_logo_rail":{"title":"","items":null,"":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Better Life Lab - New America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Better Life Lab tells stories that bring the intersection of work and care to life.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Better Life Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Better Life Lab tells stories that bring the intersection of work and care to life.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"New America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewAmerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-05T17:24:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Logo-on-Medium-Teal_1200x675.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NewAmerica\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/\",\"name\":\"Better Life Lab - New America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-15T21:15:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-05T17:24:10+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Better Life Lab tells stories that bring the intersection of work and care to life.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Better Life Lab\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/\",\"name\":\"New America - Big Ideas and Bold Solutions\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"New America\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Logo-on-Medium-Teal_1200x675.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Logo-on-Medium-Teal_1200x675.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"New America\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewAmerica\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewAmerica\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/new-america\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NewamericaOrgideas\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newamericaorg\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Better Life Lab - New America","description":"The Better Life Lab tells stories that bring the intersection of work and care to life.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Better Life Lab","og_description":"The Better Life Lab tells stories that bring the intersection of work and care to life.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/","og_site_name":"New America","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewAmerica","article_modified_time":"2026-05-05T17:24:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Logo-on-Medium-Teal_1200x675.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@NewAmerica","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/","name":"Better Life Lab - New America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-01-15T21:15:56+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-05T17:24:10+00:00","description":"The Better Life Lab tells stories that bring the intersection of work and care to life.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/better-life-lab\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Better Life Lab"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/","name":"New America - Big Ideas and Bold Solutions","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#organization","name":"New America","url":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Logo-on-Medium-Teal_1200x675.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Logo-on-Medium-Teal_1200x675.jpg","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"New America"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewAmerica","https:\/\/x.com\/NewAmerica","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/new-america","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NewamericaOrgideas","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newamericaorg\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/program"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54212,"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/663\/revisions\/54212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issue_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_tax?post=663"},{"taxonomy":"program_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program_tax?post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}