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Pulling Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps Is Actually Impossible

Republicans jammed through their tax cut late last year, which means it’s only a matter of time before they try to cut entitlements to make…

Men Are More Likely Than Ever to ‘Marry Up’ and It’s Changing Everything About Relationships

More men are marrying up, and more women are marrying down. That’s the grand takeaway from a recent study of U.S. Census data from 1990 to…

Unemployed, Single and Addicted: The Plight of the Modern American Working Man

As we’ve written about extensively here at MEL, America’s working-class men are in the midst of a genuine public health crisis. Between the loss of…

The Hypocrisy of $425 Mud Jeans Extends Far Beyond the Fake Dirt

You work as a graphic designer in a hip office in the arts district, but you prefer to look as if you spend your spare…