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Martin Luther King Jr.

Trump’s Backlash to Black History

February 19, 2026

Artist David Hammon's African American Flag

Do Not Be Cynical About Jesse Jackson

February 17, 2026

Color photograph of Jesse Jackson with his head resting on his hands.

Is Anything Morally Obvious Anymore?

February 16, 2026

illustration of a red flower that looks like a universe, with a blue stem.

The Evangelicals Who See Trump’s Viciousness as a Virtue

February 6, 2026

A photograph of Donald Trump speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast

Minnesota Had Its Birmingham Moment

January 19, 2026

Police deploying fire hoses on African-American protestors in Birmingham, Alabama, May 1963.

What If This Is a Turning Point?

Elaine Godfrey and Russell Berman

September 13, 2025

Photograph of people standing at a makeshift memorial for Charlie Kirk outside the Turning Point USA headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona

How to Be More Charismatic, but Not Too Much More

Arthur C. Brooks

July 17, 2025

An illustration of a smiling man's face with happy-face stars in place of his eyes.

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The Hollowness of This Juneteenth

Vann R. Newkirk II

June 19, 2025

A black man is silhouetted by an American flag in a black and white tintype photo

A Way to Understand Pope Leo XIV’s Mission of Love

Arthur C. Brooks

May 29, 2025

An illustration of a white-robed priest making a sign of peace and wearing a pendant with a smiling face

America Has Gotten Coretta Scott King Wrong

Jeanne Theoharis

April 7, 2025

Coretta Scott King

What Nikki Giovanni Wouldn’t Write About

December 14, 2024

Photo collage of Nikki Giovanni smiling, her eyes cast downward, and a sky full of birds.

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What to Read, Watch, and Listen to Today

Vann R. Newkirk II

January 15, 2024

Martin Luther King Jr.

Holy Week: Rupture

Vann R. Newkirk II

March 14, 2023

The word "Part 1" is in blue print in the upper left corner and in large black text of the word rupture is split in half over red lettering of the word rupture behind that. All the text is set in a white square.

Introducing: Holy Week

Vann R. Newkirk II

February 28, 2023

Black text with the words "Holy Week," a red flame and blue text with the words "The story of a revolution undone"

The Second Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

October 14, 2021

An illustration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s face obscured by signs protesting against critical race theory

The Atlantic Daily: What to Read This Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

January 18, 2021

When the FBI Spied on MLK

January 18, 2021

Martin Luther King Jr. in black-and-white

America Used to Have Leaders

May 31, 2020

Books Briefing: The Uncut History of Black Life

February 28, 2020

Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’

Martin Luther King Jr.

2 photos: King mug shot, 1956; King in jail, 1967

The Negro Is Your Brother

Martin Luther King Jr.

August 1963 Issue