June 16, 2025 | Articles
A beaming force of passion and purpose, President’s Circle member Christopher Brown has been a long-time advocate for social justice, environmental conservation, and community building. Christopher grew up in the Bay Area in Northern California during a time of change, when cultural and political values were shifting. As a third-generation…...
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Special report: Population Connection at CPD58 Population Connection, alongside health ministers, ambassadors, and other civil society experts with consultative status, attended the 58th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD58) in April in New York City. CPD’s primary role is to monitor, review, and assess the…...
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… As President Franklin D. Roosevelt once observed, “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” The ongoing effort to shut down the United States Agency for…...
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“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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