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Brigid Schulte

Washington, D.C.

Director and Host at Better Life Lab

Writer. Speaker. Director @BetterLifeLab @NewAmerica. Author of Over Work and Overwhelmed. Work + Care + Gender Equity.

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  • 1 week ago | newamerica.org | Brigid Schulte

    Joan Williams is a pioneer who has always led from way out front. A legal scholar and professor, researcher, author of 12 books, 116 academic articles and a life-long feminist, she has been called a “rock star” in the work-family movement. Now, with the publication of her new book, Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win them Back, she’s trying to reshape how we think about class in this country, and how a shift in thinking will bolster caregiver-friendly policies.

  • 1 month ago | newamerica.org | Brigid Schulte

    Every day brings disturbing new headlines about how the federal government, agencies and contractors, universities, and many business leaders are scrambling to comply with the Trump administration’s vehement and wholesale attack on diversity, equity, and inclusion. The brilliant writing of Maya Angelou? Purged from the U.S. Naval Academy library. Preferred personal pronouns? Forcibly removed from federal emails. Corporations once committed to furthering diversity and equity? Many are in full retreat.

  • 1 month ago | newamerica.org | Brigid Schulte

    By Brigid SchulteEvery day brings disturbing new headlines about how the federal government, agencies and contractors, universities and many business leaders are scrambling to comply with the Trump administration’s vehement and wholesale attack on diversity, equity and inclusion. The brilliant writing of Maya Angelou? Purged from the U.S. Naval Academy library. Preferred personal pronouns? Forcibly removed from federal emails. Corporations once committed to furthering diversity and equity?

  • 2 months ago | newamerica.org | Brigid Schulte

    By Brigid SchulteManar Morales has been working to help firms shift to flexible cultures since 2006. The one-time employment litigator-turned Founder and CEO of the Diversity and Flexibility Alliance, has just published a new book, The Flexibility Paradigm: Humanizing the Workplace for Productivity, Profitability and Possibility, that’s designed to help others make the change. The goal, Morales says, is to create human-centered workplaces of the future.

  • 2 months ago | newamerica.org | Brigid Schulte

    By Brigid SchulteSiri Chilazi’s life’s work is to advance gender equality in the workplace. And at a time when the Trump administration is attacking diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and when many corporations are dropping or backing away from previous commitments to equity, Chilazi is surprisingly hopeful.

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Brigid Schulte @BrigidSchulte
23 May 25

RT @BetterLifeLab: #Caregiving must be in the spotlight! @BrigidSchulte joined @LinkedIn Social Impact’s series, #ConversationsThatMatter,…

Brigid Schulte
Brigid Schulte @BrigidSchulte
22 May 25

Reporter call out! Want to hear from people about whether work impacted their decision to start or add to a family, or not. Looking at things like flexible work, predictable schedules, fair wages, reasonable work hours, etc. [email protected] DMs open!

Brigid Schulte
Brigid Schulte @BrigidSchulte
21 May 25

Check out this new video about why storytelling is key to driving change in the care economy & how we're doing that at @BetterLifeLab. It's part of @LinkedIn's new video series #ConversationsThatMatter featuring caregiving visionary @jestybel of @pivotalventures https://t.co/ZyrJ0u2x76