Category: Good Men Project

Here is a story about David and Joann: David ran into Joann at the store. After they talked for a while, he told her that she better finish her shopping, becaus...

On Father’s Day this year, I took my child to the exhibit “Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: The Paradox of Liberty.” This traveling exhibition is part of The ...

I was in Milwaukee recently visiting relatives. The local news was about a recent shooting of a police officer in Racine. On June 17, Officer John Hetland, off-...

I am a white man. I identify as white for the same reason that I identify as a man: My culture makes me. This last four-word sentence has two meanings, and they...

I had thought the issue of dodgeball had been resolved. Dodgeball was extremely popular in my youth. Even though I’ve passed the half-century mark (only just ba...

June is Pride Month. June is also the month most high schools around the country have their graduation ceremonies. There is an intersection between these two ev...

As a teacher, I see it a lot: Students will be horse-playing in the hallway, and I’ll tell them to stop. “But he’s my cousin! We’re just playing!” they’ll insis...

Emboldened by the placement of two Conservative justices on the Supreme Court, state legislatures have begun racing to become the test case for overturning the ...

Current and future sons of America, we have failed you. Two weeks ago, a white man entered a college classroom and started shooting. Another man, Riley Howell, ...

I used to think the solution to toxic masculinity was to rebuild the traditional gender binary in a healthy way. Now I’m not so sure. On the one hand, I don’t k...