Artwork by Kadir Nelson:
“What would Dr. King think of the world today?” Kadir Nelson asks. The Los Angeles-based artist painted this week’s cover, a tribute to the civil-rights leader. “My image is a celebration of Dr. King and his vision. What happened to his dream of racial and economic equality, and what is the impact of non-violent resistance over half a century later? It’s a conversation between the past, the present, and the future”

New cover The New Yorker

Art Editor: Françoise Mouly
Editor: David Remnick