Duke Was Paring Back Diversity Programs. Trump Targeted It Anyway.

Duke University kept a low profile. But it is the alma mater of Stephen Miller, a top Trump official who often criticized the school while he was a student.

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Duke Was Paring Back Diversity Programs. Trump Targeted It Anyway.

Duke University kept a low profile. But it is the alma mater of Stephen Miller, a top Trump official who often criticized the school while he was a student.

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Trump Asked Universities to Sign a Compact. Some See a Trap.

Trump officials want universities to sign on to conservative priorities to get special treatment. Some in higher education say agreeing would end academic freedom.

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3 School Districts to Lose $65 Million Over Gender and D.E.I. Policies

The federal Education Department accused New York, Chicago and Fairfax, Va., of discrimination and said it would pull federal funds from their magnet schools.

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The Grand Strategy Behind Trump’s Crackdown on Academia

Ending the “culture of victimhood” on campus.

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Judge Orders N.I.H. to Restore Suspended Research Grants at U.C.L.A.

The ruling is a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s termination of hundreds of millions of research grants to the California university.

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House Passes Defense Policy Bill With Transgender, Diversity Restrictions

For the third year in a row, House Republicans pushed through a Pentagon policy measure that included conservative policy dictates.

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Trump vs. Truth: The Fight for America’s History

Jeffrey Toobin talks with Bryan Stevenson about surviving the politics of fear in 2025.

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My Employer Changed Hate Speech Policy That Protected Trans People. What Can I Do?

Plus, a passing of the Work Friend baton.

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George Mason’s president, Gregory Washington, Will Not Apologize to the Trump Administration

Gregory Washington, George Mason’s first Black president, runs a university that prizes diversity. That has made him a target of the Trump administration.

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