Articles by Lisa Hymas
Lisa Hymas is director of the climate and energy program at Media Matters for America. She was previously a senior editor at Grist.
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Feminist funnywoman Caitlin Moran says the planet doesn’t need your babies
The "British Tina Fey" makes the best case you've ever read for not having kids. And for feminism too.
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Security hawks should be freaked about population growth
Civil conflicts tend to crop up in countries with lots of young people and not enough jobs. See: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, and the Palestinian territories.
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Third-World problems in the First World: We need family planning to fight poverty in the U.S. too
A big article in The New York Times examines single motherhood and poverty, but fails to mention birth control. That's quite the omission.
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Caring about family planning does not make you a slut, according to Melinda Gates
As she gears up for a big family-planning summit in London, Melinda Gates goes on "The Colbert Report" and CNN to dispel pesky rumors about her contraceptive campaign.
