Locked Down for Having Dreadlocks

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Injustices, large and small, abound in prison. California prison inmate Spoon Jackson, a teacher and poet, is wrongly identified as a gang member and placed on lockdown.

“They Want”: A 17 Year Old Boy on His Future

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This Venice High School senior provokes with his response to the question, what do you want from your life?

Months of Lockdown

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While in lockdown, poet and prisoner Spoon Jackson flies in his mind’s eye, witness to freedom and injustice.

Born to Be Abused [Trigger warning]

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A lifetime of abuse makes one man call himself ‘disposable.’

Unconquered

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Jeff Swain defines ‘unconquered,’ with some help from his friends: William Ernest ‘Captain of My Soul’ Henley and Tom Petty.

The Boiling Point of Aaron Swartz’s Suicide

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Has Aaron Swartz’s death exposed state corruption?

What Is the True Measure of a Man?

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We can’t choose our fathers, but we can find our own role models, says Donald D’Haene, who found inspiration in the real and scripted lives of Sidney Poitier.

10 Things Being a Waiter Taught Me about Being a Better Man

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Waiting tables can be an opportunity to develop skills from humility to leadership.

The Lotus Keeper: An Excerpt

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An excerpt from a novel of sex trafficking and justice in Southeast Asia, by K. R. Dial, advocate of the International Justice Mission.

The Way of Men: Interview with Jack Donovan

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“The Way of Men” book author Jack Donovan answers some hard questions about masculinity and society, and the way forward for men.

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The greatest powers of DC Comics come to blows with an ambitious new fighting game coming to consoles and PCs.

Fight of His Life

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A combat-wounded veteran forms Wings for Warriors to help stop government injustices toward injured soldiers.

Saturday Night Live: Seriously Bro (No Homo)

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Prison rape is no laughing matter, especially in the hands of the bros at Saturday Night Live.

Childish Men and Angry Women

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If you’re an outspoken man, and disagree with the feminist consensus, Dominic Falcao writes, there’s maelstrom coming—but it’s OK to be bewildered.

How My Mother and My Sisters Tried to Make Me Look Like a Monster

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Collin Slattery recounts his mother and sisters, their vicious plan to ruin his life, and the invaluable price of what he gained in order to replace what they took.

I Am A Racist. Deal With It.

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Saumya Arya Haas admits to — and learns to own — her own prejudices.