Policing the Womb 2.0

Why Hungary and Poland’s pro-natalist policies won’t work

Fifty years ago, neo-Malthusian demographers and politicians warned that overpopulation would wipe out all efforts to modernize the world, especially the postcolonial Global South. Rapid population growth in India, Nigeria, Brazil, and Iran were depicted as impediments to development. Republicans (Richard Nixon) and Democrats (Lyndon B. Johnson) worked with Planned ...
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Policing the Womb 2.0

The City Shares Its New Early Childhood Education Vision

The plan proposal remains open for comments and questions

On Monday, the Department of Education (DOE) released its long-anticipated white paper on the future of early education in New York City. It describes how the City envisions its merger of the City-contracted subsidized child care system, now overseen by the Administration for Children’s Services, with Pre-K-for-All and 3K-for-All under the aegis ...
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The City Shares Its New Early Childhood Education Vision