GINK videos
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Hey, enviros, greens, climate hawks — we all need to stand up for Planned Parenthood
A society is not sustainable if women don’t have basic control over their fertility. That’s just fundamental, a no-brainer. So the ongoing Republican assault war blitzkrieg on women’s reproductive rights and Planned Parenthood specifically should enrage anyone who cares about a sustainable future — and propel us off our asses. This isn’t just an attack […]
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Egypt has a population crisis as well as a democracy crisis
Hosni Mubarak is a dictator who has to go — that’s obviously the animating force behind the protests in Egypt. And more power to the protesters! But Egypt’s problems run much deeper than its autocratic regime, and one of its biggest problems is unsustainable population growth. Here’s a 2009 Al Jazeera report on population pressures […]
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Teens say: Please give us decent sex ed! [VIDEO]
Why is the teen birthrate in the U.S. so high? Sex ed in many schools sucks. Some teens got so fed up that they made a film about the need for real sex education.
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Do the childfree get the shaft at work?
CNN and The Fiscal Times look at how childfree people can get stuck working longer hours and less desirable days and shifts.
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Bristol Palin and 'The Situation' talk up safe sex [VIDEO]
While training for "Dancing With the Stars," Bristol Palin teamed up with "Jersey Shore"'s The Situation to film this PSA warning against teen pregnancy.
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Mad Men’s Vincent Kartheiser won’t have kids for green reasons [VIDEO]
Actor Vincent Kartheiser, who plays Pete Campbell on "Mad Men," says he has made the "green choice" not to have children. Welcome to the GINK club!
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'Sister Wives' is latest reality show to glorify mega-families
TLC made fauxlebrities out of Jon and Kate Gosselin and the Duggar family with its 19 kids. How do you get bigger and weirder than that? Polygamists!
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Michelle Goldberg on the globalized culture war over reproductive rights [VIDEO]
Michelle Goldberg, author of "The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World," talks about women's rights, abortion, & population.
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Franzen tackles population and gears up for Oprah [VIDEO]
This season's It Book, "Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen, has a protagonist who's worried about population. Oprah's chosen the novel for her book club.