On AlterNet: eugenics

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "eugenics"

Harvard Professor's Shocking Proposal: Starve the Palestinians in Gaza into Having Fewer Babies

Juan Cole, JuanCole.com. February 26, 2010.

At a recent conference, Prof. Martin Kramer called for population growth in the Muslim world to be restrained and made a series of other outrageous claims.

'Christian' Manifesto Comparing Liberals to Nazis Gathers Signatures of Religious Right Leaders -- and Catholic Bishops

Peter Montgomery, AlterNet. February 10, 2010.

Right-wing Christian leaders are making a concerted push to gain thousands of new signatures for their hate-filled Manhattan Declaration.

Custom-Designed Kids: How Darwin's Legacy Is Being Abused

Jesse Reynolds, AlterNet. February 12, 2009.

200 years after Charles Darwin was born, his work is being used to justify racism and genetically design children.

North Carolina May Pay Reparations for Eugenics Program That Lasted Until 1975

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. December 26, 2008.

A state House panel recommended the state give $20,000 to victims of the eugenics program

Leader of Anti-Immigration Movement Calls Issue a "Skirmish in a Wider War"

Eric Ward, Imagine 2050. September 4, 2008.

John Tanton speaks of an existential struggle for survival.

Back From the Dead: What Dog Cloning Means for Our Human Future

Osagie K. Obasogie, AlterNet. June 16, 2008.

Humans could be on a slippery slope towards Gattaca-like eugenics.

Are Home Genome Tests a Step Away from Eugenics?

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. November 29, 2007.

New companies claim to reveal the secrets of your DNA, but will the information cause more harm than good?