John Jones thought he wouldn’t be much if he didn’t become a father. Without his daughter, he might not be here at all.
Conflict
Ending Violence Against Men and Boys
Can we afford deny the connection between the dysfunction of the norms of masculinity and violence against men and boys any longer?
LIRR
The ‘quiet car’ on the Long Island Railroad experiences a disturbance.
What Is The Prison-Industrial Complex?
It’s America’s biggest issue that nobody quite wants to talk about. Ozy Frantz unpacks the structure of getting paid to keep a lock on freedom.
Know Your Place
Seeing yourself in the bigger picture of oppression.
You Can Do Anything: A Mother’s Response to the Aurora Shootings
How do we teach our children the value of other peoples’ lives, no matter how different or unattached they might feel? A mother responds to the shooting in Aurora, Colorado.
In Remembrance of D-Day
This June 6, Lauren Hale talks about the memorial that comes after Memorial Day.
Fight of His Life
A combat-wounded veteran forms Wings for Warriors to help stop government injustices toward injured soldiers.
In the Face of Stress, Do Men Always “Fight or Flight”?
Daniel Barrett examines the different ways in which men and women react to stress.
You See It, You Own It
In a foxhole in Afghanistan, writes Raymond Bechard, all you need is water and baby wipes. That and bullets.
Shooting The Truth
Pulitzer Prize nominated photojournalist Michael Kamber: “I never set out to cover wars.”
The Flight 93 Memorial: A Travesty on a Tragedy
Cameron Conaway’s recent trip to the Flight 93 Memorial left him heartbroken, but not in the way he expected.
George Zimmerman: The Tragic Limitations of Situational Awareness
Mark Greene believes Americans need to rely less on guns and more on situational engagement.
Twitter Twits, Facebook Friends, and Chris Brown
Laurie Uttich wants to pity the young women who tweet that they would let Chris Brown beat them up.
The Problem With You Is, You’ll Always Be Bigots
The story of the black community in Britain struggling to get inquests into deaths of its young men at the hands of the police isn’t a new one.
The Shadow of Beauty
Atalwin Polin talks about a reader’s kind contribution to his journey and the movement again Islamist free speech in Turkey.