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August 5, 2024 | Post

The New York Times recently published a guest essay arguing that progressives should push for infinite population growth. We sent a letter to voice our disagreement which was not published, so we are featuring it here. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our…...

July 26, 2024 | Post

The United Nations recently published a new set of world population estimates and projections. According to the UN demographers, we are still on track for a peak of more than 10 billion in the 2080s, with little change until the end of the century. Let’s take a closer look at…...

July 11, 2024 | Post

July 11 is World Population Day, a United Nations observance day first marked in 1990 to raise awareness of the urgency and importance of population issues. Concern about the impacts of rapid population growth on the environment and poverty alleviation efforts used to be widespread, leading to many successful voluntary…...

June 17, 2024 | Post

One of our members made us aware of an article bemoaning the "baby bust" in the print version of The Week. We responded with a letter to the editor which we are featuring here as we did not hear back. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their…...

May 23, 2024 | Post

The Economist recently ran a very refreshing cover story pushing back against "baby bust" panic. We responded with a letter to the editor which we are featuring here as it was not published. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide for…...

May 16, 2024 | Post

The Wall Street Journal recently published an op-ed that lamented low birth rates. We responded with a letter to the editor, which wasn't published, so we are featuring it here. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide for advice on how…...

May 13, 2024 | Post

The Guardian recently published an article about female scientists' decisions to limit their family size due to the state of the environment. We responded with a letter to the editor which we are featuring here as it was not published. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their…...

May 8, 2024 | Post

The idea of an economic system in which people and a healthy environment matter more than money appeals to large parts of the general public, but not so much to decision-makers who are chained to the interests of big industry. This is a problem, as we cannot achieve the necessary…...

May 6, 2024 | Post

The Washington Post recently ran a bizarre op-ed arguing that large families are better. We expressed our disagreement with a letter to the editor but it wasn't published, so we are featuring it below. We encourage all our members and supporters to make their voices heard! See our media guide…...

January 16, 2024 | Post

Media stories on “baby busts” and “population collapse” abound, fueled by the fearmongering of pronatalist influencers who believe birth rates are too low. As a result, many people erroneously think our global population is in freefall, or even that humanity is heading towards extinction because people are having smaller families.…...