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Elizabeth Bruenig
Born
Elizabeth Stoker

(1990-12-06) December 6, 1990 (age 34)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationBrandeis University B.A, University of Cambridge M.Phil.
OccupationJournalist
EmployerThe Washington Post
SpouseMatt Bruenig
Children1

Elizabeth Bruenig (born December 6, 1990) is an American journalist who works as an opinion writer and editor for The Washington Post.[1] She writes about ethics, politics, theology, and economics from a progressive point of view.[2] Previously, she was a staff writer for The New Republic.[3] Bruenig's writing has also appeared in the Boston Review,[4] The Nation,[5] Jacobin,[6] and Salon.[7]

She is described as being on "the Catholic Left"[8] by Rod Dreher in The American Conservative. In a profile published by Washington Monthly, she is described as "the most prominently placed of a small but increasingly visible group of young writers unabashedly advocating for Democratic socialism."[9]

Education

Bruenig graduated from Brandeis University in 2013 with a BA in English and sociology.[10] As a recipient of the Marshall Scholarship,[11] she studied at the University of Cambridge, Jesus College, where she earned a Master of Philosophy in Christian Theology.[12] She was named a 2014-2015 Presidential Fellow at Brown University, where she was a PhD Candidate in Religious Studies.[13] She left Brown without a degree in 2015. [14]

Writing

In September 2018, Bruenig wrote for the Washington Post about the aftermath of a sexual assault in 2006 at a high school in Arlington, Texas .[15] Bruenig had attended the same high school as the subject Amber Wyatt, and remembered the "shameful aftermath" of the story from her youth.[16] She started tracking the details of Wyatt's story in 2015.[17] The story attracted broad national attention.[18][19]

Personal life

Bruenig is married to Matt Bruenig; they have a daughter, Jane, and live in Washington, DC.[1] Elizabeth and Matt met in their high school debate team in Arlington.[9] Together they broadcast a podcast through Patreon, The Bruenigs.[20] Both Bruenigs have been featured guests of the politics and humor podcast Chapo Trap House, although not together. In the past, they have written together for The Atlantic.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b "Elizabeth Bruenig joins Opinions staff as writer and editor". The Washington Post. 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2019-02-10. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ "Shorenstein Center Speaker Series: Elizabeth Bruenig | Harvard College". college.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  3. ^ "Elizabeth Bruenig". The New Republic. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  4. ^ Review, Boston (2014-01-31). "Elizabeth Bruenig". Boston Review. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  5. ^ "Elizabeth Bruenig". The Nation. 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  6. ^ "Elizabeth Bruenig". jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  7. ^ "Salon.com | News, Politics, Business, Technology & Culture". www.salon.com. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  8. ^ Dreher, Rod. "Liz Bruenig's Search For Truth". The American Conservative. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  9. ^ a b Edelman, Gilad (2018-07-15). "What the new socialists really want". Washington Monthly. Vol. July/August 2018. ISSN 0043-0633. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  10. ^ "Undergraduate Admissions | Brandeis University". www.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-10. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 25 (help)
  11. ^ "Elizabeth Stoker '13 wins Marshall Scholarship". BrandeisNOW. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  12. ^ "Elizabeth Bruenig". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-02-10. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  13. ^ "2014-2015 Presidential Fellows | Graduate School". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  14. ^ Bruenig, Elizabeth [@ebruenig] (2019-03-11). "i keep getting mistaken for a current phd candidate at brown, which i am not. i dropped out of my phd program in '15" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2019-03-11 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Opinion | She reported her rape. Her hometown turned against her. Can justice ever be served?". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  16. ^ "If you want to #believesurvivors, start with this Arlington rape victim". star-telegram. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  17. ^ Stevens, Heidi. "2 stories that remind us the Brett Kavanaugh story is about us as much as it is about him". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  18. ^ "What Happens When A Rape Is Reported, But No One Is Prosecuted". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  19. ^ Dreher, Rod. "What Happened To Amber Wyatt". The American Conservative. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  20. ^ "The Bruenigs are creating a podcast". Patreon. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  21. ^ Stoker, Matt Bruenig and Elizabeth. "Matt Bruenig and Elizabeth Stoker". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
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