The controversy around Zohran Mamdani’s self-identification of race on his Columbia application––which was triggered by a proponent of eugenics––reveals how archaic and limited constructs of race in the U.S. tend to be. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

The Silicon Valley strain of pronatalism promotes an illiberal vision that prioritizes the flourishing of some groups, like tech elites and their offspring, to the detriment of others––like poor people, queer people, disabled people, and people of color. techpolicy.press/tech-oligarchs…

Eugenics has found a new home in the 21st century: the tech industry. Tech elites on the right and the left are turning to reproductive technologies, gene editing, and artificial superintelligence for their dangerous and exclusionary vision of the future. unherd.com/2025/07/beware…

CGS is hiring! We’re looking for a Project and Administrative Coordinator to work on our newly launched initiative, “Confronting Eugenics to Build a Just Future,” and to provide administrative support for CGS’ overall work. Apply by July 23. Details here: geneticsandsociety.org/jobs-and-inter…

While some researchers claim that in just a few years, in vitro gametogenesis (lab-created sperm and eggs) will be possible, some are more concerned than others about the risks that the technology might pose. theguardian.com/science/2025/j…

Nucleus Genomics’ promotion of its genetic screening and embryo selection techniques reduces complex human experiences and conditions to genetics––an inaccurate and dangerous version of genetic determinism. cnn.com/2025/07/05/hea…

The UK’s plan to genetically screen newborns for a variety of rare diseases ignores scientific unknowns around population-level genetic variation and ethical issues of informed consent of newborns and the security of their genetic information. newscientist.com/article/mg2673…

“We’ve entered a new and more alarming phase in the struggle to orient human biotechnologies toward the common good, and to prevent their use in the service of a resurgent eugenics…” observes CGS’ Marcy Darnovsky. “It’s time to step up the opposition.” gmwatch.org/en/106-news/la…

Trump and his allies’ pronatalist policies incentivize the expansion of some families while reducing access to support for others. They reflect the historical entanglement of pronatalism and eugenics fueled by anxieties about gender, race, and immigration. teenvogue.com/story/what-is-…

The ninth essay in the CGS-supported Legacies of Eugenics series explores how the current “science” of murderous (“bad”) genes and “criminal brains” opens a backdoor to eugenics. lareviewofbooks.org/article/murder…

Researchers in South Africa are testing a low-cost mobile IVF lab that makes the technology available to people in rural areas. With success in their first trial, they are planning to expand to Egypt and Indonesia. technologyreview.com/2025/07/11/111…

Orchid Health and other polygenic risk score startups are advancing their genetic screening and embryo selection tech in IVF clinics that cater to wealthy elites. There are few regulations to stop them, despite significant scientific and ethical concerns. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

The newly announced UK births are only the latest babies born through so-called “three-person IVF”––the same approach has been used in several countries in the past 30 years, generating controversy and debate about its safety and efficacy. technologyreview.com/2025/07/18/112…

After Jordan Lasker leaked Zohran Mamdani’s Columbia application data to the New York Times, his embrace of eugenics caused controversy. Further scrutiny of his history shows extensive support for race science, Nazism, and white supremacist ideologies. motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

Jennifer Doudna and Priscilla Chan (co-founder of the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation) are setting up a center at UC San Francisco that will create experimental CRISPR therapies for children with genetic conditions. time.com/7300257/center…

Several attempts have been made to clone animals––pets, sheep, cattle, and now horses––but the ventures have not proved successful in generating revenue or in creating the exact same animal. geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical-t…