Not This Morning: A Prisoner’s Dispatch

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Currently incarcerated at Antioch prison in California, A. Whitfield brings us inside the bars of his hungry cell.

June Cleaver With a Sex Blog

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Joanna Schroeder shares how, when times got tough, she was able to take on a new role that challenged her identity in order to help her family.

Why Men Are in Trouble

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Rather than complaining about the next generation, Owen Marcus writes, older men need to provide a better model for younger men.

My Black Man Book Bias

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When Mychal Smith has free time to read, he finds himself putting brothers on the wall.

Halloween: A Teacher’s Best Nightmare

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Not even teachers are immune to Halloween’s nostalgia of make-believe, writes Carl Bosch.

The Economy Needs Family Therapy

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The solve any national discordance, we must first turn to the mind of the individual, writes Max Lugavere.

Bloody but Unbowed: Stoicism for the 21st Century

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How an English poet, a Roman emperor, and an American admiral can teach the modern man about courageous suffering.

The Male Guilt Trap

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We’re not wracked by guilt, Tom Matlack writes, we’re amazed by the men who made something when nothing was left.

Guilt Is Good, but Responsibility Is Better

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Hugo Schwyzer argues that being a man should not induce guilt or shame, but rather be the root of responsibility.

Wanting to Get Laid Doesn’t Make Me a Jerk

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Marcus Williams thinks it’s possible to appreciate a woman’s sexiness without objectifying her, even when you appreciate it out loud.

“As a Man, What Are You Ashamed of Most?”

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We asked our community. This is how they replied.

A Good Man From the Past: Betrayer or Betrayed?

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In 1953, Corporal Edward Dickenson returned from a North Korean POW camp a hero. Only months later, he was serving a 10-year sentence for collaborating with the enemy.

Admitting Inadequacies Is Manly

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Cameron Conaway recounts watching his students reason through Death of a Salesman, the American Dream, and admitting one’s weaknesses.

Men Who Don’t Want Children: Do They Feel the Guilt?

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Sylvia D. Lucas challenges the gendered double-standard that surrounds the choice to not have children.

Dear Anonymous Male: Here’s My Take On ‘The Beauty Paradox’

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Mik from Australia responds to our commenter Anonymous Male on why there is a seeming paradox when it comes to men and women and beauty.

Herman Cain: Uncle Ruckus or the Baddest Motherf***er Alive?

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Just because Herman Cain is a black Republican, Damon Young writes, it doesn’t mean we know who he is.