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Driven by progressive doomism, liberals are having fewer babies than conservative families

American Dynamism co-founder Katherine Boyle joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss a report suggesting a trend of conservative women starting families at a younger age. America’s political divide is extending into the nursery, as data shows conservatives are having more children than liberals. The Atlantic, citing research from the Institute for Family Studies (IFS), reported that self-identified conservatives have an average of 1.4 children, compared to 1.09 for liberals. It’s a gap IFS researchers said remained even after controlling for other variables, such as sex, religion, race, income, age, marital status and education. "Having children — particularly lots of children — has become a bit right-coded, as the kids say. Americans and Europeans who identify as leftist or liberal tend to have fewer children than those who identify as conservative or

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Driven by progressive doomism, liberals are having fewer babies than conservative families

American Dynamism co-founder Katherine Boyle joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss a report suggesting a trend of conservative women starting families at a younger age. America’s political divide is extending into the…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe GuardianAug 30, 2026

Outsourcing the industry to China cannot continue, but Europe knows it can no longer count on the US for a solution The alarm sounded 16 years ago. In 2010, China blocked exports of key rare earths to Japan in a row over disputed islands…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe GuardianAug 30, 2026

Widely used chemical TBBPA may present a danger to US public, and especially children, independent research finds The Environmental Protection Agency is manipulating safety data around a highly toxic flame retardant deployed across the US…

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T2 · Outlet reportZDNetAug 26, 2026

We shouldn't ignore agentic AI ransomware threats, but the claims of a new ransomware group might be skewing the numbers. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. New NCC Group research says that July 2026 saw a spike in…

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T2 · Outlet reportBBCAug 24, 2026

There might be fewer people guessing who he is these days - but if EsDeeKid's only UK festival appearance this summer is anything to go by, no-one seems to care. The masked rapper took to the All Points East stage on Sunday night, reeling…

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T2 · Outlet reportFox NewsAug 24, 2026

American Dynamism co-founder Katherine Boyle joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss a report suggesting a trend of conservative women starting families at a younge

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