Security at Charlie Kirk Event Seemed Light to Those Who Attended

The problem of protecting campus speakers with polarizing opinions has confounded universities around the country in recent years.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/politics/charlie-kirk-security-shooting.html

Henry David Thoreau Impersonator Says Farewell to Walden Pond

After 26 years in character as the 19th-century transcendentalist writer, Richard Smith is hanging up his straw hat.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/style/richard-smith-henry-david-thoreau-impersonator.html

Education Department Ends Grant Funding Worth $350 Million for Minority-Serving Colleges

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the money supported programs that the administration believes unfairly support minority students.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/us/politics/linda-mcmahon-federal-grants-colleges-universities.html

Education Department Ends Grant Funding Worth $350 Million for Minority-Serving Colleges

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the money supported programs that the administration believes unfairly support minority students.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/us/politics/education-department-ends-grant-funding-worth-350-million-for-minority-serving-colleges.html

New York Loses Federal Grant for Head Start Program for Poor Families

The city’s Head Start preschool programs will not be required to close this school year, but the change injected fresh uncertainty into an unsettled early childhood system.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/nyregion/head-start-new-york-city-loses-federal-grant.html

Book Review: ‘The Blood in Winter,’ by Jonathan Healey

In “The Blood in Winter,” Jonathan Healey explores the many causes of the English Civil War.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/books/review/the-blood-in-winter-jonathan-healey.html