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Discusses the population problem not as a global crises, but as a regional problem, that all regions must contend with. Laissez-faire approach to population control; Poor outnumber the rich in size and birth rate; Individual decisions made to benefit the whole; Chinese family planning; End to immigration.

Discusses the famine in African nations and examines whether humankind is pushing the limits to which it can grow. Roles that starvation, disease, and violence will play in limiting human population; Explanation of what caused overpopulation in Africa, including medical advances and European penetration of Africa; Comparison of the population in Africa in 1935 and in 1985; Exponential population growth in Africa; Call for more birth control.

Our impact on the environment far outstrips even the effects of our growing numbers. Carrying capacity is very simply defined as a maximum number of individuals of a given species that a given area can support. Through agriculture, fossil fuels and industry, we have expanded our carrying capacity, but for how long? We are letting our soil be washed away and losing our fresh water.

Discusses national security in relation to overpopulation. Belief that national security is the basis of all freedoms; Relationship between overpopulation and malnourishment in Africa; Effect of overpopulation on social organization; Comments on illegal immigration; Solution for overpopulation.

Discusses the problem of poverty and overpopulation in Latin America, which is creating a crisis situation that could escalate into a military confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. View of the author that the root of the problem stems from banning all forms of contraception; Church history and the role of Augustine in the fourth century in formulating "Christian" attitudes; Discussion of the idea that natural law forbids contraception; How the wall between rational reasoning and religious stricture is reinforced by the idea that contraception and birth control results in sexual promiscuity.

Documents why a U.S. confrontation with the Catholic Church over its anti-family-planning efforts is a prerequisite to removal of this obstruction to the common good. Reason why the Church has not changed its position on the issue of family planning as of September 1983; Threat posed by the growth of world population; Techniques used by the Church to control the masses.

Presents a letter to the editor about overpopulation problems in Catholic Third World countries.

Discusses social and economic problems in the early 21st century. Criticism against the military policy of the U.S.; Discussion on the economic aspects and corporate scandals in the context of globalization; Impact of overpopulation on the environment; Suggestions for addressing the problems.

Argues that world population growth must be slowed and that worldwide food production and distribution must ensure sufficient nourishment for all. Rate at which the global population is increasing; Number of people who live in Third World countries; Opinion that the Green Revolution of the 1960s has run out of steam; Possibility that in the future people will die from starvation; Denial by groups such as the Vatican and Roman Catholic Church that there is a population crisis; Use of abortion in nations that have controlled their populations, such as South Korea; Stance of Fundamentalists on population control; Obstacles that the U.S. government has made to population growth control; Events at the 1980 World Population Conference in Mexico City, Mexico; Need for education and birth control programs in the Third World; Use of food management to solve problems.

Comments on several articles featured in the May/June 2004 issue of "Humanism." Information on the concept of transhumanism; Ways to resolve overpopulation according to scientist and Humanist Isaac Asimov; Result of a conflict between human need and the environment.

Presents humanistic views on problems facing Americans in 1989. Church-state separation; Abortion; World-wide ecology-population problems; Roe vs. Wade; 'The War Against Population,' by Jacqueline Kusan; Author who feels the book insults the readers intelligence.

Discusses work and views of the Population Institute in Washington, D.C. Need for increased aid from government to combat population growth; Food shortages; Deforestation; Greenhouse effect; Family planning.

Presents news related to world population. Announcement in July 1986 by the Population Institute that the global population had reached five billion; Remarks from Faye Wattleton, the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, about the government of Indonesia's efforts to move families on Java to outlying islands; Report by the Population Institute that the U.S. Congress was not releasing funds to pay the U.S.'s share of funding for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities.

Discusses the challenges that the world faces for population control. Population control in developed nations; Expectation that the global population will reach 6 billion by the year 2000; Call for more conception control; Remarks made by President Moi of Kenya about the importance of population control; Efforts of the Egyptian government to make contraceptives available to Egyptian couples; Family planning that Brazil will offer through the Brazil Social Welfare Organization; Awarding of the 1986 United Nations Population Award to the National Population Council of Mexico.

Discusses the film 'The Silent Scream.' Campaign to end the constitutional right to choose abortion; Details of the film; Inaccuracies of the film; Film that was narrated by Bernard Nathanson, who aims to convince the viewer that the fetus is a person from the earliest stages of pregnancy; Comments on overpopulation; Problems with population and parochiaid.

Discusses the poet Antler. Style that is straightforward; Message of Antler; Belief that humans will not last long if they continue to ruin the environment, overfill the earth with people, and rush into a nuclear nightmare; Discussion of the poem 'Factory'; Comparison of 'Factory' to Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass'; Comments from Allen Ginsberg.

Presents highlights and excerpts gleaned from the book 'State of the World 1984.' Excerpted topics including population growth rates, overfishing, sustainable growth and birth rates; Family planning in third world countries.

Announces the winning entries for the 2003 essay contest of the journal 'The Humanist.' 'Child Labor: The Real Solution,' by Sarah Rose Miller; 'Dispelling the Illusion of Lifejackets: The First Step Toward a Healthy Canoe-Earth,' by Gretchen Rasmusson; 'The Right to Choose: The Key to Overpopulation,' by Xi Chen.

Discusses the cultural pressures for people to have children. Television shows that depict families; Movies depicting families; Attitudes toward people who do not have children; Overpopulation; Family planning.

Reports on news concerning family planning and global population. Statement that the world's population is approaching eight billion; Women of childbearing age; Nongovernmental organizations; Underdeveloped countries and population management.

Discusses efforts by UNICEF to promote family planning. Reduction of infant mortality; Health of mothers and children; Costa Rica which has had an influx of refugees; Overcrowding; Spread of diseases.

Discusses The Population Institute's efforts to educate people of overpopulation concerns. Zero population growth (ZPG); Birth dearth; Entertainment personalities that are helping the institute deliver its message.

Presents a quote concerning food deficits in the world.

Presents a quote concerning population growth in Niger.

Presents a quote concerning funds that the U.S. Congress has approved for overseas population assistance.

Reports that increasing numbers of leaders and individuals in other nations are facing up to the tragedies which unbridled population growth creates. Recommendations for sub-Saharan governments and nongovernmental organizations which should result in a greater emphasis on family planning; Comments on the Sub-Saharan Conference on Reproductive Health Care; Comments from J. Mayone Stycos, director of Cornell University's International Population Program.

Discusses concern about the future. Anxiety about the future; Belief that a visionless existence is a diminished existence; Curiosity about events in human history; Conflict between capitalism and communism; Struggles in the Middle East, Latin America, and Northern Ireland; Threat of overpopulation; Lapse into decadence and defeatism; Scientific, medical, and technological breakthroughs; Contact among different cultures and civilizations.

Argues that illiterate rural villagers grasp the significance of overpopulation for themselves and their families and show much less resistance to trying modern contraception than had been anticipated.

Presents a letter to the editor in response to many articles that have appeared in 'The Humanist' about combating overpopulation in Mexico and South and Central America.

Presents a letter to the editor about an article appearing in 'The Humanist' about overpopulation and nuclear war.