Children in a kindergarten class pose for a portrait at Cypress Elementary School in Highland, Calif., in the fall of 1951. As baby boomers entered school, more teachers had to be hired, and more ...

Flipping through the Hartford yellow pages in 1943, city residents would find a small section for baby products, a section no bigger than the "For Victory: Buy war bonds and stamps" ad right next to ...

The impact of the baby boom generation is impossible to ignore. The roughly 76 million people born between 1946 and 1964 have reshaped American society at each stage of their lives. Philip Bump of The ...

Patriotism comes in a variety of forms and can be showcased in many ways — including naming a little one after a favorite American icon. "When you're choosing a baby name, a patriotic name that exudes ...

Older Americans may be trading in hustling for retirement, but that hasn’t stopped them from getting richer. Baby boomers now hold a record high of the United States’ wealth, Apollo chief economist ...

The oldest baby boomers — once the vanguard of an American youth that revolutionized U.S. culture and politics — turn 80 in 2026. The generation that twirled the first plastic hula hoops and dressed ...