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U.K. government calls for increased family formation amid record low birthrates The U.K.’s fertility rate hit a record low of 1.44 children per woman in 2023, far below the replacement rate of 2.1. U.K.'s  Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities Bridget Phillipson urges young Britons to have more children, citing childcare costs, housing affordability and workforce instability as deterrents. Labour plans to expand childcare hours and […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. We go now to Los Angeles, where armed, masked federal agents have spent the last month carrying out arrests across the city. Families, immigrant advocates say they’re struggling to find their loved ones when they are disappeared. In one case, the family of a community activist and mother, Yuriana Juliana — they […]