Since 1999, New America has nurtured a new generation of policy experts and public intellectuals. Today we are a community of innovative problem-solvers, combining our core expertise in researching, reporting and analysis with new areas of coding, data science, and human-centered design to experiment and innovate nationally and globally. We prize our intellectual and ideological independence and our diversity, seeking to do our best work and to reflect the America we are becoming.

The Better Life Lab works in solidarity with the movement for work-family justice to elevate the value of care, advance intersectional gender equity, and transform policy, practice and culture so people and families can thrive. We provide original research and reporting that reframes outdated narratives around work and family. As connectors and conveners, we translate the work of academics and partners and the stories of working families into accessible, solutions-focused stories, practical tools, and policy and workplace interventions. We creatively amplify them to the widest possible audiences for the greatest impact.