March 9, 2026 | Articles
I grew up in what many would consider a suburban bubble outside of Philadelphia. Never one to conform to the norm, I always had my heart set on leaving the bubble to work and become a part of a community far different from my own. My passion and respect for…...
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When Wayne Martinson first started thinking seriously about population growth, he was standing at the edge of the Great Salt Lake, watching the wetlands shrink. It was the early 1990s, and he was working with the National Audubon Society. “We were focused on birds, on habitat, on water,” he says.…...
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The world’s religions: traditions steeped in pronatalism “Be fruitful and multiply.” “Women were created to bear children, and men to carry on the line.” “Children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.” We are all familiar with these and similar exhortations from world religions…...
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This year’s Independence Day is the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding. To mark this Semiquincentennial, PopEd is promoting lesson plans to help high school students explore US demographic and environmental history, and the social and economic trends that have influenced demographic shifts. We are updating 330 Million in the…...
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As a 30+ year member of Population Connection, a physician, a lifelong advocate of sustainable human population and planetary stewardship, and a co-executive producer of the off-Broadway indie comedy musical and streaming film, Dictator for a Day: A MAGA Musical for the Masses, I applaud the “I Want a Baby…...
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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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