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Lisa Miller

Lisa Miller is a contributing editor at New York magazine. She is the former religion columnist for the Washington Post, former senior editor of Newsweek magazine, and author of “Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife.” She is a multi-year winner of the New York Newswomen’s Club prize for feature writing and has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award.

Cover Stories

A Selection of Lisa Miller’s Award-Winning Cover Stories for New York Magazine and Newsweek

Reshaping Democratic politics
by Lisa Miller

Five years ago, Sandy Ocasio-Cortez was working the brunch shift at a bar off of Union Square…

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Mariano Rivera: Pitching God
by Lisa Miller

As the best Yankees relief pitcher of all time ponders retirement, he looks to God for guidance

Can You Un-Teach Racism in Third Grade?
by Lisa Miller

A controversial program at a progressive New York school has some parents furious.

Mid-Life Psychosis
by Lisa Miller

When the medical establishment ignored the women who knew that they were losing their minds.

New York Magazine Cover Story: The Retro Wife
The Retro Housewife
by Lisa Miller

Lost in the argument about ‘leaning in’ is a new breed of modern women who are purposefully ‘leaning out.”

Xanax: a Love Story
by Lisa Miller

How America learned to stop worrying about worrying and pop its pills instead.

“Get in People’s Faces”
— David Hogg
by Lisa Miller

Parkland and beyond: a new generation of anti-gun advocates

Rich Corona, Poor Corona
by Lisa Miller

As Covid spreads throughout New York, who lives, who dies, who tells the story.

Is She Just Too Old For This?
by Lisa Miller

New Parents over 50 – child-rearing’s final frontier.

Barak Obama: Finding His Faith
by Lisa Miller

What he believes—about God, about prayer, about the connection between salvation and personal responsibility

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Mitt Romney: A Mormon’s Journey
by Lisa Miller

Nothing is more politically vexing or personally crucial for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney than the story of his faith.

Saint Sarah: The Future of the Religious Right?
by Lisa Miller

What Palin’s appeal to Christian women says about feminism and modern conservatism.