Jessica Gavora

2 months ago | thedispatch.com | Dan Currell |Greg Lukianoff |Jessica Gavora |John Mccormack

Shuttering the department would likely require congressional action, but efforts to curb its activities have already begun. Published February 18, 2025 Judging from the rhetoric emanating from Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Education appears to be living on borrowed time. President Donald Trump has said that he wants to scale it down, then work with Congress to abolish it.

Dec 6, 2024 | thedispatch.com | Mary Trimble |Grayson Logue |James Sutton |Jessica Gavora

Happy Friday! For reasons beyond our comprehension, there is a color of the year. Even more incomprehensibly, the color for 2025 will be … brown. Syrian rebels on Thursday entered the western Syrian city of Hama, south of Aleppo, just over a week after the coalition led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham began its offensive against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. Assad’s forces retreated, redeploying outside the city.

Nov 22, 2024 | thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Kevin Williamson |Jessica Gavora |Nick Catoggio

G-File What I really know is how little I know about India. But here’s a start. Published November 22, 2024 If you want to help The Dispatch and yourself, now’s your chance! Upgrade to Dispatch Premium. Loads of perks—ad-free podcasts, extra gift subscriptions, special invitations, etc.—are on offer. And take advantage of our Black Friday deal here. Dear reader (other than those of you getting a little too existential), Namaste. Here’s my past 48 hours.

Nov 21, 2024 | thedispatch.com | Will Rinehart |Kevin Williamson |Charles Hilu |Jessica Gavora

Welcome back to Techne! Four years ago, the giant Arecibo Observatory collapsed in spectacular fashion. We now know what happened to cause the destruction of this famed telescope: zinc decay. The full report is now online. After the election, Washington, D.C., felt decidedly quiet. It wasn’t like 2016, which felt like a funeral. It was more like the silence that comes after your parents fight in the car, or the unease that comes after a heated political conversation at the Thanksgiving table.

Nov 21, 2024 | thedispatch.com | Kevin Williamson |Charles Hilu |Jessica Gavora |Mary Trimble

Earlier this week, Jonah took a visit to a sacred temple in India, where he ... Published November 21, 2024 Earlier this week, Jonah took a visit to a sacred temple in India, where he engaged in several hours of deep meditation that eventually resulted in his ascension to nirvana.