Elizabeth Bruenig

Elizabeth Bruenig is a staff writer at The Atlantic. 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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  1. What Do Wives Want?

    Democrats are guessing that some nominally conservative married women will vote for Harris so long as they are certain their votes will be kept secret.

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  2. Final Words

    What death-row inmates said as they prepared for their execution

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    Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Source: Getty.