CONTENTS
7
The Brief
21
The View
30
Kids
These Days
Growing up was never easy, but the challenges around coming of age in America are different today. Young people have thoughts—
and advice
By Jamie Ducharme and Robin Hammond
40
Prime
All the Time
What Deion Sanders is doing as coach of the University of Colorado Buffaloes is changing pretty much everything about the business of college football
By Sean Gregory
48
Next Generation Leaders
The autumn 2023 class of trailblazers offering new visions
for the future
61
Time Off
The 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time, plus essays from Tana French and Rachel Howzell Hall



Deion Sanders
in Boulder, Colo.,
on Sept. 30
Photograph by RJ Sangosti, MediaNews Group/The Denver Post /Getty Images