Tom Matlack believes that goodness involves reaching across boundaries to search for truths he did not even know existed.
On Race
The Conversation: Let’s Talk About Race
Andrew Cotto and Damon Young want to have an ongoing, very frank conversation about race. Here is part one.
Race and the Miseducation of Silicon Valley
Education technology is marginalizing less-privileged, minority children, Kalmah Priforce writes.
Tears Over X-Men: A Story About Race
Discovering that you and your favorite mutants share a deep connection isn’t easy.
The Black and White of Athletic Excellence
Aaron Gordon examines the ethics behind praising athletic virtue.
My Black Man Book Bias
When Mychal Smith has free time to read, he finds himself putting brothers on the wall.
Black on Black Tax Math
Seems to me we need a Presidential candidate who is actually black, no matter what the color of his skin.
The Consensus of Flies: A Rant
Jackie Summers has a message for everyone: fuck society.
“They Called Me Egg.” Our Ongoing Conversation About Race
At The Good Men Project, we love nothing better than a good story. Even when they are about racism. Especially when they are about racism.
Obama’s Speech Won’t Matter Because He’s ‘Black’
Andrew Cotto argues that there are some people for whom it does not matter what the president does or does not say; they only care about the color of his skin.
How Basketball Helped Me Realize I’m Not White
Yago Colás stepped on to the basketball court and out of his insecurities.
On Intellectual Laziness, Collective Truths, and Storytelling
A virtual conversation between Tom Matlack, Steve Locke and Lisa Hickey that starts about race and jumps to the future of journalism and storytelling.
Tourism Black and Blues
African-American tourists, Ana Paula da Silva writes, need to stop projecting their privilege onto Brazilian culture.
The Color of War: An Excerpt
For Memorial Day, we offer an excerpt from James Campbell’s moving new book “The Color of War”
Why We Need to Talk About Race
“Deliberate economic prohibitions were placed as obstacles in the path of those seeking lawful, gainful employment.”
‘Whiteness Is Not the Absence of Racial Identity, Any More Than Maleness Is the Absence of Gender’
It’s not us versus them anymore.