May 28, 2025
“Stay-at-Home Sons”: The New Job for Recent Grads?
“It’s tongue-in-cheek, and it sounds better than ‘unemployed.’ It’s tough times right now, so let’s try and get some laughter out there.”
“Jeopardy” champion Brendan Liaw, 27, who lives with his parents and asked to be introduced as a “stay-at-home son.” According to The Wall Street Journal, Liaw may reflect a broader trend: “This graduation season is likely to produce a whole lot of stay-at-home sons. The overall unemployment rate is 4.2%, but 8.2% of 20- to 24-year-olds are jobless. The unemployment rate for men in that age range is even worse, 9.6%.” Despite his unofficial title, Liaw won nearly $60,000 in three Jeopardy contests and hopes to work someday on Capitol Hill.
Learn More:
- The New Dream Job for Young Men: Stay-at-Home Son (Wall Street Journal Gift Link)
California Temporarily Expands “Biological Female” Access in Track and Field Championship amid Transgender Athlete Participation:
“This pilot entry process achieves the participation opportunities we seek to afford our student-athletes.”
The governing board for California high school sports, The California Interscholastic Federation, on a new, temporary rule change for this weekend’s track and field championship that will expand access to some biological female athletes. This follows President Donald Trump threatening to withhold federal funding after a trans athlete qualified for some event finals, presumably taking the spot of biologically female athletes. The AP reports, “The rule change may be the first attempt nationally by a high school sports governing body to expand competition when trans athletes are participating.”
Learn More:
- Trump threatens California funding over transgender high school athlete (The Hill)
- California opens track-and-field finals to more girls after success of trans athlete (AP)
President Zelenskyy Heads to Berlin, Requests Additional Aid:
“We need financial support. That’s the biggest issue — not technology limits or lack of long-range weapons. It’s about money.”
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine before traveling to Berlin to meet with Germany’s chancellor. President Zelenskyy says Ukraine needs $30 billion in additional aid per year to independently produce more of its own weapons, including “attack drones, interceptors, cruise missiles, Ukrainian ballistic systems.” This comes after a barrage of Russian attacks in recent days. Context: The United States has allocated more than $180 billion to Ukraine and the region since the war began in 2022.
Learn More:
- Germany Says It Will Step Up Weapons Support for Ukraine (New York Times Gift Link)
- How much money has the US given Ukraine since Russia’s invasion? (USAFacts)
by Jenna Lee, Founder of SmartHER News
