25 Jan, 2023
And Now They Want to Arm Our Children?
And Now They Want to Arm Our Children? by Rob Okun 553 words Days in January: 31. Number of mass...
25 Jan, 2023
12 Dec, 2022
In a dark time, the eye begins to see: Sandy Hook 10 years later
In a dark time, the eye begins to see: Sandy Hook 10 years later by Rob Okun 730 words Published...
9 Nov, 2022
Seeking a vaccine against meanness and hate
When far right Canadian extremist David DePape smashed his hammer into a patio glass door to gain entrance into the San Francisco home Paul Pelosi shares with his wife
20 Oct, 2022
Vote for your children’s future. Vote because it’s patriotic.
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves. The only way they could do this is by not voting. —Franklin D. Roosevelt
20 Aug, 2022
Proud Men vs. Loud Boys
The mid-term elections are just weeks away, so now is the time for men to use our voices to help defeat extremist, antidemocratic candidates.
31 Jul, 2022
How a single baseball game could determine the future of democracy
Events this summer have unambiguously demonstrated that, to much of the nation, the hard right majority on the Supreme Court of the United States stands for injustice, while the “just-the-facts, ma’am” US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the Capitol stands for justice.
22 Jun, 2022
Is male birth control finally at hand?
With the Supreme Court’s expected decision to overturn Roe v. Wade threatening to severely curtail women’s reproductive rights, it might seem an odd moment to report good news about male birth control.
10 Jun, 2022
Time to launch “Dads Demand Action to Raise Healthy Boys”
How can we in good conscience celebrate Father’s Day in the middle of an epidemic of gun violence almost exclusively perpetuated by men? We can’t.
21 May, 2022
Mass shootings: It’s the masculinity, people
I’m beyond fed up that the gender of the murderers are still largely absent from conversations about America’s mass shootings crisis.
17 May, 2022
Making “Impregnators” pay their fair share
Long before a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion revealed that by summer ...
3 May, 2022
Men’s voices urgently needed to defend reproductive rights
“It’s on us to listen, to speak out, and to take action. Not because women are our mothers, sisters, wives or friends—but because women are people. And all people deserve to control their own bodies.” —Sen. Cory Booker
30 Mar, 2022
The slap heard ‘round the world
The slap heard ‘round the world by Rob Okun 813 words One small step backward for man, one giant leap...
17 Mar, 2022
Journalism and truth telling in wartime
Brent Renaud. Marina Ovsyannikova. One a US filmmaker killed by Russian troops on March 13 while working on a documentary about refugees. The other, an editor-producer on Russian state TV’s Channel One who dramatically interrupted a news broadcast to hold aloft a sign denouncing Putin’s war. She was immediately arrested.
8 Mar, 2022
Putin, Manhood, and Mad Coward Disease
It’s Women’s History Month and in an act of unthinkable atrocity, Mad Vlad Putin is indiscriminately killing women and children across Ukraine. Men, too, of course.
5 Jun, 2021
Where Are the “Other” White Men?
The political opponents of the Democrat Party have a lot of problems; one big one is their name.