June 16, 2025 | Articles
“The world remains massively off track to limiting global warming to 1.5°C and avoiding the worst of climate catastrophe.” – UN Secretary-General António Guterres The terrible toll of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 was exacerbated by lack of adequate fire escapes — 146 Greenwich Village factory workers…...
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Thank you for the information about vasectomies. It makes complete sense given the whole picture. I had one child, who had one child, who may have no children. I remember my parents’ childless friends (from the Depression). If you couldn’t afford children, you didn’t have them. My parents only had…...
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Photos courtesy of Turimiquire Foundation Venezuela’s political and socioeconomic strife is well documented, but the toll it takes on the reproductive health of Venezuelan people, especially those living in remote regions, is less widely discussed. The Turimiquire Foundation works in the northeastern coastal region of the country, delivering family planning…...
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“I like how Population Connection isn’t afraid to assert that population growth is an environmental issue. Population growth is the root cause of so many issues we face, and it’s rarely discussed, even by other prominent environmental groups. I also appreciate your pro-choice advocacy work. I see the impacts in…...
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Kicking Off 2025 and Looking Forward to Spring We’re proud to host expert speakers, bring you stories from those working on the front lines of reproductive health care and conservation efforts, and facilitate important conversations about how population issues impact our world at virtual events throughout the year! We hope…...
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… Climate change is real. The world must find ways to produce a lot more energy that does not emit greenhouse gases. Trump’s barrage of orders stands in the way of this objective. … Halting the disbursement of hundreds of billions in grants and loans under the Inflation Reduction Act…...
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I volunteer alongside over a dozen incredible people as a clinic escort at Planned Parenthood in Portland, Maine. About half are retired and remember the dark days before Roe. The other half, like me, are young enough to have taken the constitutional right to abortion for granted, until it was…...
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Standing Together for Reproductive Freedom Now that the new year has begun, and with it (unfortunately) a new presidential administration, we are gearing up to push back against the introduction of harmful policies threatening reproductive health and rights. We are reimagining what “resistance” looks like within the context of a…...
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While I have an active imagination, I can’t fully envision the panoply of putrid policies that will have spewed from Trump’s Sharpie by the time this column reaches you. I’m writing this in the immediate aftermath of Elon Musk’s hostile takeover of USAID, the agency charged with providing humanitarian aid…...
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Educating the Youngest Global Citizens Poped Releases New Edition of K-5 Curriculum The PopEd team recently released a new version of our elementary curriculum, Counting on People: K-5 Activities for Global Citizenship. The 44 teacher-friendly activities include updated favorites, as well as new lessons that focus on real-world topics like…...
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