Thursday at 4 p.m.

The coronavirus pandemic has worsened existing social and economic inequalities across the globe, affecting the world’s most vulnerable populations — including women struggling with the burden of unpaid labor and the threat of domestic violence. Nahla Valji, senior gender adviser for the Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, joins Francesca Donner, gender director at The Times and editor of the Times newsletter “In Her Words,” and Alisha Haridasani Gupta, gender reporter for “In Her Words,” for a conversation about how we might find a more compassionate and equitable path forward from this crisis.

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Friday at 11:30 a.m.

On the first Earth Day, in 1970, some 20 million people — one-tenth of the population of the United States at the time — took to the streets for marches, cleanup events and other demonstrations of the need to protect our environment. Fifty years later, a lot has gotten better, but many things have gotten worse. In this fourth installment of The Greenhouse, John Schwartz, a climate reporter at The Times, talks to Denis Hayes, who helped launch the original Earth Day, and the young climate leaders Vanessa Nakate and Jamie Margolin to discuss where things stand and how communities around the world are marking the anniversary while staying socially distant.

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Friday at 5 p.m.

There are a lot of things about being stuck in your home that are not great. But it doesn’t have to be all misery and no fun. The Smarter Living team shares tips for bringing moments of joy to your quarantine — from video chat game recommendations and strategies for dealing with roommate conflict to tips on how to maintain a socially distant social life. Special guests include Anna Goldfarb and Micaela Marini Higgs, contributing writers, and the cocktail expert Joaquín Simó, who will walk you through some recipes for homebound happy hours.

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