For this, our inaugural Good Men of the Year list, we’re not celebrating memorable personalities, newly minted pop-culture icons, or 15-minute men. This was a year of unprecedented challenges, and it cried out for good men.
Top 10 Good Men of 2010
Top 10 Good Men of 2010: Geoffrey Canada
In 2004, The New York Times Magazine called the Harlem Children’s Zone one of the great social experiments of our time. Today it can hardly be seen as an experiment anymore—it’s an off-the-charts success.
Top 10 Good Men of 2010: Chris Anderson
This phenomenon—the sharing of ideas across the global community—isn’t just cool. It isn’t just entertaining. It’s objectively, undeniably good.
Top 10 Good Men of 2010: Dan Savage
The national conversation Savage sparked gives voice and a permanent resource to closeted and openly gay youth—and the people who care for them.
Top 10 Good Men of 2010: Barack Obama
To be sure, it hasn’t all been rainbows and sunshine since Obama took office. But the president’s victories in 2010—fulfilling three key campaign promises—solidified his status as a man capable of effecting serious change.
Top 10 Good Men of 2010: David Beckmann
David Beckmann, president of “organized ‘give a damn'” Bread for the World, was the recipient of the 2010 World Food Prize.
Top 10 Good Men of 2010: Mick Foley
Behind the wrestler’s chair-bending brawn is a crusader for literacy, education, and the end of sexual violence against women.
Top 10 Good Men of 2010: The Chilean Miners
Even under such inhumane conditions, their duty, selflessness, and composure reminded us that when life is at its worst, we can still be at our best.
Top 10 Good Men of 2010: Chris Christie
Chris Christie, the newly elected governor of New Jersey, has “developed a bewildering habit of keeping his promises.”