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Modern Megadrought: Population, Denial, and Crisis in the American Southwest

After a prolonged wet spell, the “modern megadrought” hit the Southwest in 2000 and 2001, a lingering, uncompromising, monstrous thing, ...

Crowded Classrooms, Teacher Shortages – Demographic Changes Could Help Our Nation’s Troubled Schools, But Only If We Let Them

Schools in thousands of school districts across the country are burdened by too many students and not enough teachers to ...

The Verdict Is In: To Be Anti-Growth Is to Be Pro-Human

Abstract: Current accusations of injustice and racism against those who work to tame overpopulation and its detrimental effects on the ...

US Immigrant Population is at a Record High: Ending Remain in Mexico is Only Making It Worse! (An NPG Commentary)

An analysis of the Census Bureau’s monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) shows that the foreign-born population (legal and illegal) in ...

How Ukrainian Refugees Invaded the U.S. Southwest Border

The U.S. has always been a safe haven for individuals fleeing persecution in their home country. In recent years, however, ...

Japan’s Ride into the Demographic Danger Zone – and Why It’s Nothing to Fear

Japan’s population is falling. This isn’t news to you – almost everyone already knows this. And it isn’t all that ...

Life Expectancy Drives U.S. and World Population Growth

Ironically, Johnson’s historical narrative starts at a moment in time when it seemed people would never “stop dying.” In September ...

Will 2022 Be the First Year of U.S. Negative Population Growth?

Annual population growth in the United States now stands at a record low. Will COVID-19 send it into early reverse? ...

On the Wrong Track: Why the Endangered Species Act Isn’t Enough

I know many people who care deeply about wildlife. Thanks to their efforts, the Bald Eagle, the Peregrine Falcon, the ...

How Covid, Climate, The Cartels Reshape U.S. Refugee Policy

The coronavirus pandemic has had far reaching consequences for the global economy, obliterating millions of jobs. And it has affected ...