Is America Destined for a Future Without Children?

The staff writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss why people around the world are having fewer and fewer children and how the issue of birth rates has become a rallying cry for the American right. Plus, the lack of political will on the left to contend with the issue; and the societal effects on South Korea, which has the lowest birth rates in the world. This week’s reading: “ The End of Children ,” by Gideon Lewis-Kraus The Chaos of Trump’s Guantánamo Plan ,” by Jonathan Blitzer “ The New Trump-Family Megaphone ,” by Jon Allsop “ Month One of Donald Trump’s “Golden Age,” by Antonia Hitchens “ Team Canada’s Revenge, Served Ice-Cold ,” by Louisa Thomas Tune in to The Political Scene wherever you get your podcasts . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices