Eliza Griswold

“If you know what people are thinking about when they’re coming into church on Sunday morning, it’s very important to acknowledge that,” Budde says.

Reasons to Leave Syria—and to Return

For months, state officials have prepared to manage the threat of far-right conspiracists who may try to “stop the steal.”

In the country’s most consequential swing state, the strategy has become everything, everywhere, all at once.

A coalition of believers, including many conservatives, is embracing the Democrats.

In Philadelphia, the Independent city councilman Nicolas O’Rourke is ambivalent about the Democrats but waging an effort to swing soft Trumpers to Harris.

In Butler County, Pennsylvania, where the assassination attempt occurred, shock gave way to the conviction that Trump will be the next President.

Until recently, Ben had considered his fellow-pastors to be among his closest friends. Each led one of four congregations that formed Circle of Hope, some six hundred people held together by a shared vision of Jesus’ unconditional love. Not any longer. “So you’re saying it’s either you or them,” Ben said, glowering at Jonny Rashid, who was typing into his phone. Rachel Sensenig, who, at forty-four, was the eldest and a kind of big sister to all, sat between the two men. Before her, on an open la…

The vast majority of evangelical Christians, who number about a quarter of adults in the U.S., oppose the idea of female pastors. For most, the Bible’s stance against female pastors is starkly clear. “Women should be silent in the churches,” the apostle Paul writes to the members of the early Church. “For they are not permitted to speak but should be subordinate, as the law also says. If there is something they want to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to…

One afternoon in February, a rambunctious swarm of thirty or so children raced around a large plot of AstroTurf. Some rode bikes and scooters. One toted a set of “PAW Patrol” golf clubs. Small children pushed larger ones in wheelchairs at worrying speeds, caroming off the green and brown beanbag chairs that dotted the plot of artificial earth. Many were missing limbs. As the boys began to squabble with the girls over who had more space to play, workers dragged what looked like a deflated rainbow…

Philadelphia’s new mayor insists that the city’s safety depends on expanding its police department.

In a new book, the writer and podcast host treats poetry as a form of agnostic prayer.

The senator-elect’s advisers reflect on the campaign’s difficulties, why the country underestimated their candidate, and how he pulled out an unlikely victory.

In the state’s midterms—which could determine the balance of the Senate and the integrity of the Presidential race in 2024—Democrats are fighting for the vote. Republicans are fighting to undermine it.

A year after the last U.S. military flights left, some Afghans who are vulnerable to retribution from the Taliban are being resettled in the U.S. But others are stuck in third-party countries, and many remain trapped in Afghanistan, at great risk.

Acid mine drainage has long been a scourge in Appalachia. Recent research suggests that we may be able to simultaneously clean up the pollution and extract the minerals and elements needed to power green technologies.

On two teens bound by grief, and the estimated two hundred thousand American children like them.

Doug Mastriano, who won the Republican nomination, has pushed Trump’s lies about the election and sent busloads of supporters to the Capitol riot.

After Trump eviscerated the refugee-resettlement system, the government was unprepared for Afghans displaced by their country’s collapse. A new program lets civilians step up to help.

The U.S. promised protection to the locals it relied on during the war. When it withdrew, it abandoned thousands to the Taliban.