Bethlehem police first arrested Seth Mull on October 28 on charges of raping, strangling and otherwise intimidating a female victim at the Bethlehem Holiday Inn Express hotel on Cherry Lane. When his mug shot was published, police soon discovered they may have a serial sexual predator on their hands. Several victims have come forward locally, in Philadelphia and from as far away as Hawaii.

At a news conference late last week, NorCo DA John Morganelli said Mull uses several internet sites to meet women. He portrays himself as a charming and caring person, winning a woman’s trust. But that soon changes. He forces the women in his life to take drugs until they are addicted, refers to them as his “property,” and even has even required them to signInequality and the lack of social mobility are of growing concern to the American public and politicians, with many worried that the ‘American dream’ is becoming increasingly unobtainable for themselves or their children. In new research, Bhashkar Mazumder argues that by using a relatively short window of time to estimate people’s socioeconomic status, researchers have overstated the degree of social mobility in society. He writes that more accurate estimates of intergenerational mobility place the U.S. among the least socially mobile countries in the developed world.

In a December 2013 speech, President Barack Obama referred to growing inequality and lack of upward mobility as “the defining challenge of our time.” The President’s words serve to highlight the growing concern among the public about the American dream- that with hard work