A few days ago, Matthew Yglesias and Ross Douthat were discussing the specter of declining population in Russia, and whether that posed a threat to Russia’s future. Ross quoted Nicholas Eberstadt’s article about Russia’s “relentless, unremitting, and perhaps unstoppable depopulation.” Matt wrote that he didn’t buy the hype about rapid population decline in Europe being […]
Michelle Goldberg
Michelle Goldberg is a senior correspondent at The American Prospect. She is also the author of Kingdom Coming and The Means of Reproduction.
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Is Foreign Aid a Bad Thing?
Dead Aid author Dambisa Moyo is right to be critical of the current state of foreign aid. But she’s dead wrong in calling for it to be cut off within five years, which would be catastrophic for Africa.
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Ending the Compromise Era on AIDS
The removal of Mark Dybul as head of the federal AIDS program shows that the era of compromising with the religious right on global HIV prevention is over.
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How Bush’s AIDS Program is Failing Africans
The president’s much-lauded AIDS initiative has succeeded in saving lives through treatment. But its abstinence- focused prevention programs have put many more lives in jeopardy.