Click here for a full listing of Forums available. NPG's Forum Series features original research and analysis on U.S. population issues and policy from some of the most prominent writers in the population field. This page features only our most recent Forum papers.| Negative Population Growth
Dr. Karen I. Shragg is an overpopulation activist, speaker, and author of the new book Move Upstream: A Call to Solve Overpopulation (Free Thought House Press, 2015). A naturalist and director of Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Minnesota, Dr. Shragg is also the author of many other titles including the Nature’s Yucky children’s book series.| Negative Population Growth
The stark divide between the proverbial ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ has been a feature in America since the founding of the nation. It’s a disparity that’s often garishly reflected by material goods – the number and size of homes, cars and many other items accrued through success or inherited by bloodline – but it’s a chasm that’s more accurately assessed through a metric of access; from educational and professional opportunities to medical and legal services.| Negative Population Growth
Governments worldwide have spent huge sums of money to persuade, compel, cajole, or even trick couples into producing more humans (for those same governments, of course). They’ve tried cash grants, huge tax deductions, generous maternal and paternal leave policies, flexible work arrangements, subsidized daycare, and more. They’ve also tried banning abortion, suppressing contraception use, and serving up public lectures on the virtues of “traditional” family structures. That hasn’t w...| Negative Population Growth
This paper examines the impact of the implementation of Trump 2.0 (his second term) on the environment.| Negative Population Growth