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1,500 demonstrations were held across the country today at Walmart stores. As reports are coming in, 110 people have been arrested.

Researchers who study the structure and evolution of the American family express astonishment at how rapidly the family has changed in recent years. Fewer women are becoming mothers, and those who do are having fewer children. Families are becoming more socially egalitarian but, as economic disparities widen, the marital class divide has sharpened. Fewer women are becoming mothers and one big reason is the soaring cost of raising children.

University of California campuses and medical centers were hit with a one day strike on Wednesday,November 20 by AFSCME Local 3299 which represents 22,000 Service and Patient Care Technical Workers. Local 3299 says the central issue is safe staffing.

A message from the Portside Moderators.

Over 1 in 10 US jobs is in retail trade. The notion that these workers are mostly young, lazy and unskilled is false.