Eliza Griswold

New York

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Freelance Contributor at The New Yorker

Contributing Writer @newyorker , Author of Circle of Hope- out Aug. 6, Director of the Journalism Program @princeton , Pulitzer Prize Winner

Articles

Why Bishop Mariann Budde Wanted to Speak to Donald Trump

2 months ago | newyorker.com | Eliza Griswold

The Right Reverend Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, D.C., has a history of practicing what’s called “the prophetic tradition”: naming the world’s ills and calling out those who perpetrate them. In 2020, after President Donald Trump ordered the dispersal of Black Lives Matter protesters from Lafayette Square and then posed there for photographs, standing before St. John’s Church and holding a Bible, she expressed outrage.
Why Bishop Mariann Budde Wanted to Speak to Donald Trump

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Eliza Griswold

Trump wants Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza. Here's why they are likely to refuseDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip is likely to be met with a hard “no” from the two U.S. allies and the Palestinians themselves who fear Israel would never allow them to return. Trump …
The Church of Empathy

Jan 21, 2025 | theaquilareport.com | Eliza Griswold

The story of these sincere Anabaptist-type progressives has confirmed me, a Presbyterian, in my commitment to an Augustinian anthropology and belief in the importance of Scripture as normative for doctrine and life. Calvin once declared that doctrine without zeal is like a sword in the hand of a lunatic. One of the many lessons of ‘Circle of Hope’ is that the same applies to empathy when it is detached from Christian anthropology, Christian worship, and the moral imagination they cultivate.
Reasons to Leave Syria-and to Return

Dec 16, 2024 | newyorker.com | Eliza Griswold

This past weekend, families, dragging wheelie bags and carrying blankets, were hurrying in both directions. Those leaving Lebanon proceeded through a kiosk in orderly lines, slipping their passports under a glass divider to procure exit stamps. Those leaving Syria drove underneath a tattered banner of Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad, and through an abandoned checkpoint.
Finding Our Way Home: Recovering Christian Credibility in an Age of Confusion and Corruption

Dec 11, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Pico Iyer |Catherine Nixey |Bruce Gordon |Eliza Griswold

Pastor Packiam (The Resilient Pastor) argues in this wide-ranging analysis that the Nicene Creed, a confession of faith that was codified by the Council of Nicaea in fourth century Constantinople, can serve as a reminder of core Christian principles at a time of declining trust in the Western church.
Safeguarding the Pennsylvania Election

Nov 4, 2024 | rsn.org | Eliza Griswold

For months, state officials have prepared to manage the threat of far-right conspiracists who may try to “stop the steal.”The term “red teaming” derives from the war games that U.S. officials conducted during the Cold War to prepare for catastrophic attacks against American interests. In the run-up to the Presidential election, think tanks have been executing countless such exercises.
Safeguarding the Pennsylvania Election

Oct 30, 2024 | newyorker.com | Eliza Griswold

The term “red teaming” derives from the war games that U.S. officials conducted during the Cold War to prepare for catastrophic attacks against American interests. In the run-up to the Presidential election, think tanks have been executing countless such exercises.
Can the Women of the Philadelphia Suburbs Save the Democrats Again?

Oct 18, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Eliza Griswold

ShareOn a recent Sunday afternoon, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, some hundred women gathered at a strip mall between an Acme supermarket and Mister Wok Chinese Restaurant. Cramming into a pop-up Democratic field office, they listened, rapt, as Elizabeth Warren, the senator from Massachusetts, preached to them. “Every door you knock on, every text you send . . .
Can the Women of the Philadelphia Suburbs Save the Democrats Again?

Oct 17, 2024 | newyorker.com | Eliza Griswold

On a recent Sunday afternoon, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, some hundred women gathered at a strip mall between an Acme supermarket and Mister Wok Chinese Restaurant. Cramming into a pop-up Democratic field office, they listened, rapt, as Elizabeth Warren, the senator from Massachusetts, preached to them. “Every door you knock on, every text you send . . .
Can the Women of the Philadelphia Suburbs Save the Democrats Again?

Oct 17, 2024 | flipboard.com | Eliza Griswold

Gaza16 hours agoIsrael kills Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as Netanyahu announces war goes onpolitico.eu - Erin Banco, Jamie Dettmer, Elena Giordano, Robbie Gramer • 16hIsraeli PM vows to bring hostages home from Gaza, after IDF struck key architect of Oct. 7 attack.