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2025
September
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Saturday

Monitor Daily Podcast

September 06, 2025
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Clayton Collins
Director of Editorial Innovation

Welcome to another Saturday. It came around fast, right?

Jackie Valley had been talking with colleagues about the struggles of some young American men when she began looking for explanations and, because she鈥檚 a Monitor writer, for solutions. Her story widened. There鈥檚 a swath of young adults for whom life just isn鈥檛 clicking.聽

鈥淢y biggest takeaway is that, for the most part, 鈥榙isconnected youth鈥 are not lazy twentysomethings sitting around their parents鈥 houses playing video games,鈥 Jackie told me. 鈥淒isconnection usually stems from other circumstances in their lives.鈥 One young woman had needed to drop college for caregiving.聽

Jackie found answers near home. One organization had ditched rigid formulas (鈥渃ollege for all鈥 is a big one) in favor of serving specific needs 鈥 here for a softer entry with extra training, there for exposure to unconsidered paths. It鈥檚 about listening, and about care.

鈥淚 think what we're seeing in Las Vegas is an effort to reconnect these adrift young people,鈥 Jackie says, 鈥渂y connecting some of the dots in their lives.鈥


You can find our latest news briefs and reported stories 鈥 including about yesterday鈥檚 U.S. jobs report and what it means 鈥 on our homepage.


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Diego Ramos works the floor at The Blooming Bistro in Las Vegas. The restaurant trains disconnected youth, giving them skills to transition into adult lives.

A sizable number of teens and young adults in the U.S. are not in school, employed, or in job training. Civic leaders want to reconnect them to a path toward productive adulthood.

Prosecutors typically have little difficulty securing indictments from federal grand juries. In Washington and Los Angeles, where President Donald Trump has surged troops and federal agents, juries have issued a string of rare rejections, highlighting the citizen鈥檚 role in the U.S. judicial system.

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French Prime Minister Fran莽ois Bayrou arrives for a series of consultations with political parties in Paris, Sept. 2, 2025.

French Prime Minister Fran莽ois Bayrou is risking his job in defense of unpopular budget cuts. But who would take his place, if he loses a confidence vote on Monday, is a mystery.

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Akayla Barnett participates in Boston Ski and Sports Club鈥檚 recreational kickball league at Donnelly Field, Aug. 21, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Americans 鈥 especially young adults 鈥 are seeking more in-person connection. Dating apps appeal less. Board game clubs are聽all the rage. To create community bonds, more are turning to team sports from softball to kickball.

Essay

What is an interesting life? As our essayist discovered during a transformative sabbatical, an interesting life doesn鈥檛 necessarily mean exciting adventures or travel to far-flung locales. What if, instead, it lies in the lens through which we view our environment, our circumstances?


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Fredson Brissett, a migrant worker from Jamaica and crew leader at Scott Farm Orchard in Dummerston, Vermont, harvests apples, Sept. 5, 2025. The farm, which grows 130 varieties of heirloom apples, has been actively cultivating fruit since 1791 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Jacob Turcotte. )

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