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Incels. Fascistic nativism. Misogyny on steroids. Slurs about childless cat women. Men are powering a new brand of reactionary politics premised on a return to better times, a time when America supposedly was great and men could really be men. It’s a reaction to the swirling malaise engulfing men. Nearly three quarters of all “deaths of despair”—from overdose or suicide—are among men while boys, who once dominated measures of academic performance, now trail from elementary school through graduate programs. In a threat to the entire social order, men are increasingly dropping out of work during their prime and dying from debilitating personal choices - drugs and drink.

In this episode, “Common Ground” examines the national paroxysm and discusses how to provide boys with a more positive and inclusive social narrative of masculinity.