Elizabeth Bruenig
She was previously an opinion writer for The New York Times and The Washington Post, where she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. She has also been a staff writer at The New Republic and a contributor to the Left, Right & Center radio show. She currently hosts a podcast, The Bruenigs, with her husband, Matt Bruenig. Elizabeth holds a master of philosophy in Christian theology from the University of Cambridge. At The Atlantic, she writes about theology and politics.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Left Has Good Answers on Ukraine
Being anti-war isn’t naive, but a serious, considered, and humane position.
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Photo illustration by Adam Maida. Sources: Mississippi Department … A Good Man, at One Time
How a Mississippi inmate became an advocate for his own execution
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H. Armstrong Roberts / ClassicStock / Getty Kids Have No Place in a Liberal Democracy
In liberalism, as in life, children throw things into chaos and uproar.
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Alex Wong / Getty What a Gun Is For
Lauren Boebert is using her family Christmas portrait to provoke liberal hysteria. But the photo reveals something much more significant about how America has changed.
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Mike Simons / Getty Oklahoma Tortured John Grant to Death Because He Wouldn’t Commit Suicide
In the pursuit of killing its own citizens, this country has created a bestial regime.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic My Daily Life Is a Game of Roulette
Medicine has never been about certainty, but odds.
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Getty; Paul Spella / The Atlantic How Is a Catholic Supposed to Think About the COVID Vaccine?
The Church’s official teaching on vaccines requires a kind of nuance missing from today’s public life.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Harsh, Central Truth of the Viral ‘Bad Art Friend’ Story
The main character’s flaws are a reflection of our own.
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Charles Ommanney / Getty The State of Texas v. Jesus Christ
Texas’s refusal to allow a pastor to pray while holding a dying man’s hand is an offense to basic Christian values.
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Adam Maida Stop Death Shaming
Mocking the unvaccinated dead does not save lives.
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Getty; Adam Maida / The Atlantic Invasion of the Baby-Haters
Conservatives like J. D. Vance have invented a bogeyman of childlessness, and are using actual kids as political pawns.
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Getty; The Atlantic The New Moral Code of America’s Elite
Two students went to Amy Chua for advice. That sin would cost them dearly.
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Joseph E. Reid / Millennium Images / Gallery … Then the Birds Began to Die
I carried on for more than a year of the coronavirus pandemic, but I didn’t see the next plague coming.
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Getty; Adam Maida / The Atlantic Modern Porn Education Is Totally Unprepared for Modern Porn
Courses to train young people to be ethical consumers of porn have a hugely complex task ahead of them.
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Olivier Douliery / AFP / Getty What Ilhan Omar Actually Said
No one should believe that Omar thinks the United States is identical to the Taliban.
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Justin Sullivan / Getty Not That Innocent
Most people on death row are guilty. That doesn’t mean they deserve their fate.
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Martin / Flickr Figuring Out How to Mourn in the Age of Skype
Do religious traditions still provide a good map for grieving?
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Female Supporters Are Not 'Fangirls'
The women of the "Free Jahar movement" have a variety of reasons for defending the alleged Boston bomber, none of which have to do with romantic or maternal feelings.
