This week, Sree and I will discuss the toll of mass shootings, including the recent tragedies in Bend, Oregon, and Erie, Pennsylvania; and Katie Zacharia’s short and rocky tenure as White House press secretary. We will also review the latest in The New York Times’ 175th anniversary coverage.

This week, Sree and I turn our attention to Cornell’s response to a student’s rape allegation, and the intense backlash they deserved and the latest AI developments. We also continue our look at 175 years of The New York Times. We have Gift Links and PDFs.

The New York Times is celebrating 175 years of delivering “All the News That’s Fit to Print.” Over the next several months, the Times is publishing several features, an issue of The New York Times Magazine and a special section. We will provide the 411 starting with Episode 411 of The Sunday #NYTReadalong. This will be the first of several episodes devoted to #NYT175.

Neeraj Kaushal, author of the new book “When Africa Comes to America: How the Next Wave of Immigrants Will Transform the United States,” will join me and Sree Sreenivasan as our guest for Ep. 410 of The Sunday #NYTReadalong.

Twenty-five years after September 11, Steffen A. Kaplan joins me as Guest Co-Host for a special episode of The Sunday #NYTReadalong. Steffen was working as a photo editor at The New York Times on September 11, 2001, and was at ground zero. I was living in Seattle, nearly 3,000 miles away from New York. The New York Times published a special section commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11 featuring a lead article by former #NYTReadalong guest Dan Barry.

Twenty-five years after September 11, Steffen A. Kaplan joins me as Guest Co-Host for a special episode of The Sunday #NYTReadalong. Steffen was working as a photo editor at The New York Times on September 11, 2001, and was at ground zero. I was living in Seattle, nearly 3,000 miles away from New York. The New York Times published a special section commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11 featuring a lead article by former #NYTReadalong guest Dan Barry.

Sree and I are taking Labor Day Sunday off. Even though we need the break, it's challenging because there's so much we want to share and discuss: Gloria Steinem, Nobel Peace Conference, Labor Day / Unions.

Mary C. Curtis joins me as a Guest Co-Host for The Sunday #NYTReadalong. We'll offer a remembrance of Dolly Parton; talk about Meta's $17.1 Billion Settlement and talk about the March on Washington (1963 and 2026).

Ingvill Bryn Rambøl, Head of Information for the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway is our guest. She will be talking about the Nobel Peace Conference and Festival, “Democracy on the Brink” (Sept. 3, 7am ET / 1pm CEST).

We turn our attention to the latest from President Trump; Immigration; and the age-old “Young vs. Old” debate playing out in politics, with implications for other fields including medicine, journalism, academia and social media.