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Does the Mustache Make the Man?
Whether a man’s mustache defines him remains to be seen. What is certain is that, hipsters excepted, it does give him a certain je ne sais quoi. November is popularly known as “Movember” among a...
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MLK Day Question: Does Jim Crow Still Exist?
I was listening to legal scholar Michelle Alexander on Fresh Air to day and thinking about Martin Luther King, about my friend Julio Medina and his experience in Sing Sing, and about all that we have...
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It Is Black History Month in America
Jack Varnell suggests we all look a little bit deeper as we celebrate Black History Month. Most media outlets have a rather passive and, frankly, anemic way of presenting Black History Month each and...
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Shootings, Manhood and Tragedy
Tom Matlack wonders what would make a teenage boy go into a school cafeteria and blow away three innocent kids he barely knows? I’ve spent the last three years talking to thousands of men, from Sing...
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“It also reminds me of the anticommunism in the U.S. during the Cold War....
This comment was from wellokaythen on the post “Five Ways Feminism Helps Men“ It seems like much of the criticism about feminism here suggests an all-or-nothing approach, that you can’t accept any...
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How Boys Give Men A Bad Name
Shawn Maxam finally separates the boys from the men. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln I just had an intense anxiety...
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I’m an American Living in Israel and I’m going to Jail Rather Than Join the...
Moriel Rothman is refusing to serve in the IDF an act of protest against what he sees as an unjust and evil system. Here is his story. My name is Moriel Zachariah Rothman. I am 23 years old and live...
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Petraeus, MLK and JFK: Why I Don’t Demand Fidelity From My Political Leaders
Emily Heist Moss asks a lot of her leaders, but one thing she doesn’t demand is fidelity. Originally appeared at Role/Reboot A few years ago, I saw General David Petraeus speak at an event in...
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What Chaucer Can Teach Us About ‘The War On Men’
“The Tale of the Wife of Bath” – Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones Lynn Biesner insists that the much-needed men’s revolution will first require a re-imagining of our social structure. Originally appeared...
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A Perfect Test
A San Francisco native travels to the Mississippi Delta for lessons on another America. Educational inequality in the United States is easy to define by numbers: The disparity in spending between the...
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The MLK That Never Gets Quoted: “Don’t Let Anybody Take Your Manhood”
“Move down into the inner resources of [your] own soul and sign with pen and ink of self-assertive manhood [your] own Emancipation Proclamation.” Today as we remember Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,...
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Emory University Unveils New Civil Rights Exhibit
Dorothy Cotton said, “It should not be forgotten that change is possible, as painful as it is to remember it. But change is possible.” For more than 3 years curators at Emory University’s Woodruff...
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The Elephant in the Room: Militarism
Jeff Cohen believes militarism and perpetual war are our country’s biggest problems. I spent years as a political pundit on mainstream TV — at CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. I was outnumbered, outshouted,...
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Self Check: Holding Ourselves and Our Communities Accountable
Kai M. Green insists that too many times, oppressed people use whatever power they have secured to oppress another, instead of using that power to challenge the hierarchal order of things. On Saturday...
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See What One School Did to Eliminate Bullying (Video)
Larchmont Elementary used the time during MLK day and No Name Calling week to talk about civil rights and the great leaders that fought for them. I didn’t learn much about civil rights leaders in my...
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Statue of Frederick Douglas Unveiled in D.C.
Frederick Douglas joined fellow African-Americans in Emancipation Hall when a 7-foot bronze statue was unveiled earlier this week. Frederick Douglas was born a slave in 1818 in Maryland, but after...
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Stories from the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
Photographer Dick Simon went to Washington to be a witness to the way things have changed in the past 50 years — and some ways they have not. Here are the photos and stories of people he found...
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My Surprisingly Inspiring Trip to the West Bank: Echoes of Our Civil Rights...
Journalist Jeff Cohen finds a silver lining at the Palestinian West Bank. As I prepared for a grueling fact-finding trip to Israel and the Palestinian West Bank (occupied for 46 years), Secretary of...
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Thích Nhất Hạnh Kicked My Ass
How a Nobel Peace Prize nominee gave Cameron Conaway one of the biggest beatdowns of his life. The pain started just a few minutes into what I thought would be a calming 5-day retreat. I’d been living...
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