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This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce a forthcoming “One...

There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...

In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...

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By Oluwatosin Adesoye, Sickle Cell Disease News | 04.30.2025

Several weeks ago, when news of the first sickle cell disease patient to be cured by gene therapy went viral...

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By Ariel Messman-Rucker, Pride | 04.30.2025

Family values conservatives have been obsessed with heterosexual marriages and babies for decades. They have fought to curtail women’s rights...

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By Aitor Hernandez-Morales, Politico | 04.30.2025

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The Spanish government is banning its embassies and consulates from registering children...

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By Jonathan Michels, Jacobin | 04.29.2025

In 2018, Dr James Tabery watched a documentary about North Carolina’s eugenics program and the fraught effort to financially compensate...

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By Laura Ungar, Associated Press | 04.26.2025

Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering...

Simone and Malcolm Collins with children
By Lisa Hagen, NPR | 04.25.2025

The Collins Family, by TeggorMindFish, CC 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

“Humanity is dying,” billionaire Elon Musk told Fox News anchor...

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By Philip Bump, The Washington Post | 04.24.2025

My wife and I decided to have children for an entirely prosaic reason: We wanted to start a family. I’m...

A symbol of autism
By David Badash , AlterNet | 04.24.2025

The Trump administration reportedly has plans to scrape your private medical data from sources like your doctor, your pharmacy, your...