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Police turn fire hoses on nonviolent youth civil rights demonstrators in Alabama.

Minnesota Had Its Birmingham Moment

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. outlined a strategy to expose official brutality. Anti-ICE protesters are following it—and it’s working.

by Gal Beckerman via The Atlantic on January 19, 2026

A mouse hovers over a screen filled with buttons for purchase choices that all look the same.

Americans Are Tired of Choice

How did freedom become synonymous with having lots of options?

by Gal Beckerman via The Atlantic on June 23, 2025

Cracked marble statue head.

Looks Like Mussolini, Quacks Like Mussolini

The National Garden of American Heroes represents a dangerous shift in values—from inquiry to reverence.

by Gal Beckerman via The Atlantic on April 15, 2025

Twin towers missing; twin towers visible with surroundings missing.

How the War on Terror Warped the American Left

A new book on how 9/11 altered the national psyche also demonstrates how it stunted progressive politics.

by Gal Beckerman via The Atlantic on September 10, 2024

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