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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 1918, a flu virus began spreading through Camp Devon, a crowded military base outside Boston. By the end of the second week, one in five soldiers came down with the illness. But the real shock, as described in the camp physician’s notes, was its lethality: “It is only a matter of a few hours then until death comes,” he wrote. “It is horrible. One can stand it to see one, two or 20 men die, but to see these poor devils dropping like flies sort of gets on your nerves. We have been averaging about 100 deaths per day.”

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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 developing countries  disproportionately, setting back decades of progress. So, it’s hardly surprising that agents at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021 have stopped people from more than 160 countries, a geography that roughly coincides with countries hard hit by the virus.

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The New York Times’ Readers Want to Re-Write the Paper’s Gloomy Narrative on Population Decline

The New York Times can make a claim to be the nation’s most influential newspaper. With over 5 million subscribers, it has wide influence not only on the decisions of policymakers, but in setting cultural trends and serving as a weathervane for its readership, which skews younger than other print media. 91% of Times readers are Democrats, vs. 7% who are Republican.1
Although the paper’s famous slogan is “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” there are some perspectives which…

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Don’t Call It a Crisis: The Natural Explanation Behind Collapsing Birth Rates

Americans are having far fewer children than in the past, as a recent report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows. The media has declared this a “crisis” that demands government attention. In reality, the plummeting birth rate is a natural and inevitable result of overpopulation and overcrowding. Science has already proven this. Therefore, the only correct action U.S. policymakers should take is no action whatsoever.

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