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Two patriarchs sitting opposite each other at base of Orthodox-cross-shaped photo of Vladimir Putin, all on red background
Photo-illustration by Cristiana Couceiro. Sources: Sefa Karacan / Anadolu Agency / Getty; Getty; Gali Tibbon / AFP / Getty.

Clash of the Patriarchs

A hard-line Russian bishop backed by the political might of the Kremlin could split the Orthodox Church in two.

Multiple old pictures and documents next to a brown cardboard box and a cup of coffee
Photograph by Sarah Palmer for The Atlantic*

Our Last Great Adventure

My husband, Richard Goodwin, drafted landmark speeches for JFK and LBJ. Late in life, we dived into his archives, searching for vivid traces of our hopeful youth.

collage of stanford university architecture and protests
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Sources: Smith Collection; Ken Levine; Tayfun Coskun / Getty; Courtesy of Theo Baker.

The War at Stanford

I didn’t know that college would be a factory of unreason.

Panagiotis “Taki” Theodoracopulos surrounded by magazine fonts
Illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Sources: Clynt Garnham Publishing / Alamy; Richard Open / Camera Press / Redux.

The British Right’s Favorite Sex Offender

What does a conservative magazine do when a columnist is convicted of attempted rape?