December 13, 2021 | Articles
Copyright (c) 2021 by the authors and reprinted with permission of Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC. cover image of The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams The Book of Hope is largely a transcript of several long-form interviews that author Douglas Abrams conducted…...
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I was very happy with your last magazine that addressed the common misconception that a stable population means economic disaster. To the contrary, population stabilization is the only way we will ever have a livable earth and sustainable economy. I was so pleased, in fact, that I made an extra…...
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When trying to explain to my husband recently why I prefer hiking alone (dogs don’t count!), I quoted Jane Goodall from a recent article in TIME: “If you’re alone, you feel part of nature. If you’re with one other person, even somebody you love, it’s two human beings in nature—and…...
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Yasmeen Silva When Yasmeen Silva was five or six, she told her mother that she wanted to volunteer at a soup kitchen for the holidays. Her mom wasn’t sure where Yasmeen had learned about this opportunity, but honored her young daughter’s request—that year, the whole family served meals to unhoused…...
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September 20, 2021 | Articles
First of all, let me say that I very much appreciated your review of Matthew Yglesias’ book One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger. You appropriately and accurately point out and underscore the absurdity of the thesis. However, I believe you could have and should have found fault with…...
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September 13, 2021 | Articles
One of my first summer jobs as a teenager involved demolishing an outhouse in the fishing town of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The still-functional structure was a relic of a bygone era. Nostalgia has its purposes, but I doubt anyone missed those treks across the yard to do what’s necessary. When indoor…...
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September 13, 2021 | Articles
Originally published by The New York Times on June 27, 2021 Krystal Glass stretches while joined by her baby, Jaron, at Vancouver Wellness Studio in Vancouver, Washington (Amanda Cowan, The Columbian, via AP Images) American women are having fewer children and having them later than ever before—a demographic shift being…...
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September 13, 2021 | Articles
Hundreds of Population Connection members and supporters joined in a very full slate of virtual events throughout the summer, taking advantage of numerous opportunities to learn, discuss population issues, and network with each other! Our Summer Series featured monthly speaking engagements with experts, our third “Page Turners” book club meeting,…...
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September 13, 2021 | Articles
The recent slowdown in the U.S. birth rate has resulted in much hand-wringing about our nation’s future. Instead of yielding to these dark prognostications, let’s take advantage of this situation, which could be more optimistically viewed as an opportunity. There are some clear advantages to the decline in U.S. births—which…...
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September 13, 2021 | Articles
There’s been a recent spate of hand-wringing articles in response to the release of the 2020 U.S. Census results and the publication shortly thereafter of the 2020 provisional births data from the CDC. Yes, the U.S. population grew at the slowest rate during the last decade since the 1930s, and…...
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