See What One School Did to Eliminate Bullying (Video)

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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.

Self Check: Holding Ourselves and Our Communities Accountable

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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.

The Elephant in the Room: Militarism

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Jeff Cohen believes militarism and perpetual war are our country’s biggest problems.

Emory University Unveils New Civil Rights Exhibit

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Dorothy Cotton said, “It should not be forgotten that change is possible, as painful as it is to remember it. But change is possible.”

The MLK That Never Gets Quoted: “Don’t Let Anybody Take Your Manhood”

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“Move down into the inner resources of [your] own soul and sign with pen and ink of self-assertive manhood [your] own Emancipation Proclamation.”

A Perfect Test

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A San Francisco native travels to the Mississippi Delta for lessons on another America.

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What Chaucer Can Teach Us About ‘The War On Men’

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Lynn Biesner insists that the much-needed men’s revolution will first require a re-imagining of our social structure.

Petraeus, MLK and JFK: Why I Don’t Demand Fidelity From My Political Leaders

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Emily Heist Moss asks a lot of her leaders, but one thing she doesn’t demand is fidelity.

I’m an American Living in Israel and I’m going to Jail Rather Than Join the Israeli Defense Forces

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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.

How Boys Give Men A Bad Name

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Shawn Maxam finally separates the boys from the men.

“It also reminds me of the anticommunism in the U.S. during the Cold War. There was the duck test – if it looks like a duck and talks like a duck, it’s a duck.”

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This comment was from wellokaythen on the post “Five Ways Feminism Helps Men”

Shootings, Manhood and Tragedy

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Tom Matlack wonders what would make a teenage boy go into a school cafeteria and blow away three innocent kids he barely knew.

It Is Black History Month in America

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Jack Varnell suggests we all look a little bit deeper as we celebrate Black History Month.

“Don’t Let Anyone Take Your Manhood!”

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Martin Luther King. Words to live by IMO.

MLK Day Question: Does Jim Crow Still Exist?

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How do we try to explain “Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindnes”?

Does the Mustache Make the Man?

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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.