Manhattan: The notion that success and status should be conferred to those who work for it is a basic tenet of American identity. Yet social mobility in the United States the self-declared land of opportunity lags behind Western Europe and Canada. The percentage of children earning more than their parents has dropped precipitously in recent decades. Recent studies show that about half of millennials live with their parents.
Seaside Heights, N.J.: Bullet holes from strafing still scar the buildings at Hickam Air Force Base on Oahu, a haunting testimony of the events that occurred 80 years ago today, a grim reminder of the “Day of Infamy” and the horrors of global war.