We are still in the season of prognostications about the year ahead. But I gave my forecasts for 2026 last week. Today I am looking much further into the future, examining our demographic prospects.

Kennedy Jr. proclaimed the decline in birth rates to be “a national security threat.” In short, the administration has embraced rhetoric that is unabashedly pronatalist — an ideology created to raise ...

Is birth rate decline a real problem? What issues might it cause? KELSEY PIPER: A lot of the way the economy is set up, institutions like Social Security, they were built when we had a growing ...

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Systemic change that offers a credible vision of the future is the only path to reversing the birth rate decline, experts ...

(NEXSTAR) – The Trump administration is reportedly seeking ways to raise the American birth rate, considering incentives ranging from a $5,000 cash “baby bonus” to a “National Medal of Motherhood” ...