The latest jobs report is absolutely great news. Employers created half a million new jobs last month, which is extraordinary. More Americans are employed today than before the pandemic.
In the early 2010s, liberal feminists in major newspapers attacked mothers and fathers who had too many children for their “smug fecundity.” Subsequently, amid a historic baby bust, liberal feminists in major newspapers are in full reverse, peddling the idea of "Feminist Fecundity.”
Climate change is a real problem. So is depopulation. Conservative columnist Ross Douthat makes the case in the New York Times that one is worse than the other.
Childbearing goals have remained remarkably consistent over the decades. What has changed is when people start their families and how many kids they end up having.