December 8, 2025 | Articles
Wuqu’ Kawoq (Maya Health Alliance) This unique organization, headquartered in Tecpán, Chimaltenango, in the Central Highlands of Guatemala, was co-founded by American cultural anthropologist Anne Kraemer. Anne fell in love with Guatemala when she visited in 2003 and then returned as a Fulbright Scholar in 2007 to perform an ethnography…...
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Trump Administration Continues Relentless Attacks on Reproductive Health and Rights Administration plots massive expansion of Global Gag Rule Rumors of a planned expansion of the Global Gag Rule have been circulating for weeks. While nothing official has been released by the State Department, news reports suggest that the policy will…...
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In 2025, PopEd is the only remaining program of its kind in the United States, preparing educators to teach about human population growth and its effects on the environment and human wellbeing. But, in 1975, when Zero Population Growth (ZPG), the founding name of Population Connection, launched PopEd, universal, K–12…...
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Pam Wasserman, Senior Vice President for Education, is the longest-serving employee of Population Connection by several years. She joined the professional staff with a passion for reproductive rights and environmental preservation in 1988, when the organization was still called Zero Population Growth, or ZPG (and when the world population was…...
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Introducing Our New Organizing Manager, Isabel Song Isabel Song got “bitten by the organizing bug” in 2015 during her freshman year at the University of California, Berkeley, after a friend invited her to a debate watch party. One of her earliest field wins was coordinating a group of students to…...
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“Development and distribution of educational materials [about the momentum of population growth] we would place very high on ZPG’s list of priorities — and efforts to introduce the concept of demographic momentum into school curricula are particularly important.” – Paul and Anne Ehrlich, 1978 Nearly a half-century after Paul and…...
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Population Connection mourns the death of legendary conservationist Jane Goodall Our team at Population Connection was deeply saddened by the passing of beloved ethologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall at the age of 91 on October 1. Through her decades-long field research on chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, she…...
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On a long time-scale, exponential [population] shrinkage looks astonishingly fast. However, during the initial phase, which is when societies must grapple with the problem, the speed of change ought to be manageable. […] In a 41-country sample, a 70-year-old in 2022 had the same cognitive abilities as a 53-year-old had…...
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Did you know that we host virtual events open to all Population Connection members and supporters every month of the year? Topics and guests vary — we may be celebrating Earth Day, discussing a nonfiction publication as part of our Page Turners book club, or featuring an expert from an…...
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Send letters to the editor to Marian Starkey at marian@popconnect.org. Thank you for publishing Samuel Miller McDonald’s article about the “panic” over lower fertility rates. I’ve seen stories presenting declining fertility rates as a problem, and it makes me really angry. We should be rejoicing about declining fertility rates. We…...
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