The real-time unraveling of America democracy was made possible by the overwhelming support Donald Trump received in 2024 primarily—though not exclusively—from white men. This time around the winning pro-Trump coalition included a surprising number of young men, a sure sign that something’s up that demands closer scrutiny.

That’s why we asked Jackson Katz, a major figure and thought leader in the growing global movement of men working to promote gender equality, to guest-edit a special feature section highlighting key issues related to men and masculinity, from the personal to the political. 

 It’s true that many boys and men are struggling. It’s also true that the right has successfully weaponized those struggles in their relentless attacks on feminists, liberals and progressives, and anyone else they can accuse of “wokeism,” and subsequently disparage and defund. The pieces in this section seek, instead, to understand the ways in which men’s struggles are connected to larger questions about gender and power that feminists have wrestled with for centuries. 

Here’s what else you’ll find in the Summer issue:

• Why is the Vice President sitting like that? Organizer and writer Garrett Bucks sees through JD Vance’s awkward posture to his self-defeating message for young men.
• “Deaths of Despair”: Mental health clinician Jewel Woods argues that healing men and boys requires looking beyond grievance-based narratives—on the contrary, it requires a feminist approach.
• Behind the “Brocasts”: From Rush Limbaugh to Joe Rogan, conservative media has been devastatingly effective in creating a space where conservative ideas are seen as edgy and counterculture.
• Plus, an exclusive excerpt from Every Man. In his new book, Jackson Katz promotes an untapped strategy for preventing violence against women: making it men’s work.
• And so much more!

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For equality,

Kathy Spillar
Executive Editor

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