June 14, 2021 | Articles
Caught between jihadists and climate change, the region faces an almighty humanitarian crisis. Will Brown reports from Burkina Faso. Pictures by Simon Townsley. Originally published by the Telegraph. “Nowhere scares me more than the Sahel … we are close to a tipping point.” Caught between jihadists and climate change, the…...
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June 14, 2021 | Articles
The region is the poster child for insecurities already brought on by global warming. Originally published by Foreign Policy on February 18, 2021 One of the many injustices of climate change is it hits the world’s poorest countries hardest. African nations, many of which register the highest levels of poverty…...
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March 15, 2021 | Articles
U.S. Rejoins Paris Climate Agreement Only hours after being sworn in as the country’s 46th president, Joe Biden signed an executive order rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, from which Donald Trump had previously withdrawn. The agreement, signed by nearly 200 countries in December 2015, encourages countries to voluntarily commit to…...
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March 15, 2021 | Articles
When Dr. Fauci gives us the all-clear and theaters finally reopen, what will you do if you see smoke when entering a facility? You’ll pull the alarm, of course. That’s the only humane and sensible reaction. In 1968, Paul and Anne Ehrlich did just that with The Population Bomb when…...
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March 15, 2021 | Articles
It’s a relief to see the Biden administration swiftly begin to dismantle the crippling rules and regulations put in place by the Trump administration to prevent health care providers not just from offering abortions but from even offering information about the procedure to patients. … The Global Gag Rule has…...
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March 15, 2021 | Articles
I went for a [masked and distanced] walk with a friend at a local nature preserve last weekend, and it wasn’t until we were getting back to our cars that I realized we hadn’t talked about politics once. Instead, we talked about our jobs and our husbands, about the books…...
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March 15, 2021 | Articles
A Lesson on Political Representation The concept of democracy has been much on our minds these past several months, as we’ve recognized the fragility of something many of us took for granted in the United States. Even before the rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, to try…...
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March 15, 2021 | Articles
The new president and new Congress are quickly working to restore access to reproductive health care in the U.S. and around the world. President Biden repealed the Global Gag Rule, restored funding to UNFPA, and took steps to dismantle the Title X Domestic Gag Rule. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and…...
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On January 20, President Joseph R. Biden and Vice President Kamala D. Harris were sworn into office. The Trump era is officially over, and though repairing the damage remains a herculean task, the new administration wasted no time in getting started. Biden Takes Executive Action on Reproductive Health Only hours…...
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March 15, 2021 | Articles
Ever the thoughtful individual, JoAnn Sivley Ruppert thought long and hard (for several decades!) before she took the leap and became a member of Population Connection. Not only that, she joined the President’s Circle of particularly generous donors. We asked JoAnn, “After all those years of following the organization, why…...
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