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  • Where are the 'other' white men?

    ROB OKUN, Contributor|Updated Mar 26, 2021

    Years ago, the pork industry ran a campaign touting its product as the “other white meat.” It was angling to ally itself with the “chicken-is-healthier-than-red-meat” crowd. Most people saw it for what it was: a cynical ploy. Today, when it comes to white men, the sound and fury is all coming from the red meat crowd — riot-endorsers Sens. Josh Hawley and flyin’ Ted Cruz, and Rep. Louie Gohmert, to name a few. (No, Tucker Carlson, this is not an assault on hamburgers.) So where are the “other” white men? Who wear masks, bel...

  • Sexual assault is not a women's issue; it's a community issue

    ROB OKUN, Contributor|Updated Oct 19, 2017

    “I am over the passivity of good men. Where the hell are you? You live with us, make love with us, father us, befriend us, brother us, get nurtured and mothered and eternally supported by us, so why aren’t you standing with us?” — Eve Ensler Forget Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Bill O’Reilly and Roger Ailes. But do remember the women. Remember all the women, famous and unknown, who have survived everything from catcalls to rape for as far back as well, forever. The playwright and activist Eve Ensler is right to be past feel...