After 17 years in prison for eight counts of attempted murder of a police officer, Michael Guglielmo became the country’s most successful bone-marrow recruiter in an effort to save his dying son.
Conflict
Taking Guns Out of the Closet
Will Weaver’s “The Last Hunter” highlights one of the biggest stumbling blocks to a productive debate about guns in contemporary America.
Men and Guns: An Affinity for Steel
Tom Matlack, MSNBC’s Ed Schultz, and others weigh in on men, violence, and America’s gun culture.
How to Be a Good Man During Confrontations
Anyone else tired of being a yes-man to your boss, your wife, or your peers?
Are Men Inherently Violent?
Is fighting an essential ingredient in manhood? Is violence a part of who we are? Guys weigh in.
How Hackers Are Rewriting the Rules of Civil Disobedience
On the same day Yahoo laid off 600 of its employees, Yahoo’s image search function leaned a bit toward the risqué. And by that I mean an onslaught of X-rated imagery.
A Conversation with David Thompson, Writer of ‘The Scottsboro Boys’
Violence Is a Men’s Issue
The majority of men aren’t violent, but violence is a men’s issue, and all of us have a stake in reducing it.
A Report from Iraq: It Could Be Worse
Good Men Project Magazine contributor Newman McKay addresses some common misconceptions about Army life.
Undocumented Iraq
When the Iraq war began, embedded photographers were allowed to take pictures of almost everything, but slowly, the military began telling photographers what they weren’t allowed to photograph. Hospitals, morgues, wounded soldiers, and IED scenes were all eventually declared off-limits.
Tom Matlack Loves ‘the Way You Lie’
Tom Matlack thinks a little too deeply about the Eminem duet with Rihanna, and it sparks a conversation about manhood and domestic abuse.
In Yale Fraternity Pledging, Rape Is a Laughing Matter
This week, a YouTube clip of a Yale University Delta Kappa Epsilon pledging ritual went viral on campus. Posted Wednesday night, immediately after the events took place, the video documents the DKE pledges marching blindfolded on Old Campus—home to the majority of Yale’s freshman women—shouting chants such as “No means yes, yes means anal” and “Fucking sluts.”
An Ex-Con Helps Others Reintegrate
Julio Medina and Diana Ortiz: Good is where you find it.
Redemption
After ten years in prison on a mandatory drug charge, a new life.
Battling the Bullies
None of the recent teen suicides were unpreventable. Here’s how we move forward.
National Murder Day
Do most guys fantasize about playing God? Tom Matlack thinks so.