• NPG
• June 21, 2021
• NPG Commentary
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June 22, 2021 National Parks and Many Small Towns Struggle with Huge Numbers of Visitors Officially organized under one umbrella with the passage of the National Park Service Organic Act, the U.S. National Park System is made up of hundreds of National Historic Sites, National Lakeshores, National Scenic Trails, and National Monuments.  Included in this system, and likely among the …

• NPG
• May 17, 2021
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved birth-control pill, Enovid-10, 61 years ago, this month.

• NPG
• May 6, 2021
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Donald Wright Mann 1922-2021 It is with great sadness that we must announce the passing of NPG founder and President, Donald W. Mann.  Don led NPG from its inception in 1972 until his death on May 1, 2021.  We will miss his witty sense of humor and his sage advice. Last year, NPG member and activist Alan Saly graciously wrote …

• NPG
• April 30, 2021
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In response to President Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress, NPG releases the following statement:
As an organization devoted to the study of population size and growth, NPG takes particular interest in two themes from Biden’s presentation:  immigration reform and the additional child tax credits within the American Families Plan.  Both have serious implications for U.S. population growth.

• NPG
• April 29, 2021
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Slow Growth Is Still Growth 22 million new people in the U.S., according to 2020 Census report The U.S. Census Bureau released its first set of numbers from the 2020 Census on April 26, 2021.  As expected, the media portrayed this as a “population bust,” according to The New York Times and CNN explained it as “marking the country’s second …