The Masculinity Crisis Isn’t About Weakness. It’s About Men Nobody Sees.
There’s a data point circulating in recent national research on American men that I haven’t been able to shake, and I want to lead with it instead of burying it in paragraph six the way a lot of coverage does. Men who report feeling that “no one really knows me” show up as dramatically more […]
There Are Two Roads for American Men Right Now. Only One of Them Leads Anywhere.
2026’s defining split among American men isn’t left versus right — it’s growth versus grievance. And the men choosing grievance are being fed a script that flatters their pain instead of resolving it.
Work Stopped Being the Container. Now What Holds a Man Together?
Somewhere in the last decade, work quietly stopped being what it used to be for men — the fixed container that held everything else in place — and started becoming something more like a moving platform you have to keep rebalancing on. That shift, more than any single headline about masculinity trends or grooming routines, […]
The Masculinity Debate Isn’t About Vibes. It’s About Work.
The Atlantic says the “manly man” is back in Democratic politics. The Federalist says that’s backwards. Both are arguing about a version of masculinity that never included the men I grew up around.
Grievance or Growth: The Two Versions of Masculinity Competing for 2026
Two competing stories about what it means to be a man are circulating right now – one built on resentment, one built on growth. Marcus Hart on why the version that wins matters more for urban and Black communities than either side of the culture war admits.
Manning Up Was Never the Flex We Were Told It Was. Black Culture Is Finally Saying So Out Loud.
New reporting on Black men and mental health has sparked a cultural reckoning with the old ‘manning up’ script. Marcus Hart on why the shift toward openness is coming from barbershops and podcasts, not just clinics.