Reeves looks at the structural challenges that face boys and men and offers fresh and innovative solutions that turn the page on the corrosive narrative that plagues this issue. Of Boys and Men argues that helping the other half of society does not mean giving up on the ideal of gender equality.

The Book that Sparked a National Conversation

A Barack Obama 2024 Summer Reading Selection

An Economist Best Book of 2022

A New Yorker Best Book of 2022

Boys and men are struggling. Profound economic and social changes of recent decades have many losing ground in the classroom, the workplace, and in the family. While the lives of women have changed, the lives of many men have remained the same or even worsened.

In this widely praised book, Richard Reeves, father of three sons, a journalist, and now the president of the American Institute for Boys and Men, tackles the complex and urgent crisis of boyhood and manhood. He argues that our attitudes, our institutions, and our laws have failed to keep up. Conservative and progressive politicians, mired in their own ideological warfare, fail to provide thoughtful solutions.

Reeves looks at the structural challenges that face boys and men and offers fresh and innovative solutions that turn the page on the corrosive narrative that plagues this issue. Of Boys and Men argues that helping the other half of society does not mean giving up on the ideal of gender equality.

Inspire boys to be confident and caring through the biographies of 50 fascinating men, past and present, representing the under-represented fields of health, education, the arts, and literacy (HEAL).

Inspired by his own experiences as a father and policy expert, Richard Reeves's groundbreaking book Of Boys and Men uncovered some of the ways and extents to which boys and men have been falling behind and imagined initiatives like He Can H.E.A.L. to inspire boys to pursue paths that they might otherwise feel are inaccessible or inappropriate for them. He says:

Gender equality is not a zero sum game. We can do more for boys and men without doing less for women and girls. We can be passionate about women's rights, and compassionate towards the struggles of boys and men.

Working with national elementary art educator of the year Jonathan Juravich, Richard puts He Can H.E.A.L. into action with Yes, Boys Can!, a book for boys ages 8 to 12 that tells the stories of men who have followed their dreams, cared for others, and changed the world, conveyed through biography, illustration, and simple suggested activities.

Here are just a few of the many compassionate and enterprising men introduced:

• Booker T. Washington - educator and author
• Luther Christman - the first man inducted into the American Nursing Association's Hall of Fame in 2004
• LeVar Burton - actor and literacy advocate
• Tom Daley - Olympian and knitter

While not all the names might be familiar, each of these life stories will inspire boys to fearlessly imagine what kind of man they could be and how they could change the world for good.

Because representation matters, and if you don't see it, you can't be it.

Dream Hoarders sparked a national conversation on the dangerous separation between the upper middle class and everyone else. Now in paperback and newly updated for the age of Trump, Brookings Institution senior fellow Richard Reeves is continuing to challenge the class system in America.

In America, everyone knows that the top 1 percent are the villains. The rest of us, the 99 percent--we are the good guys. Not so, argues Reeves. The real class divide is not between the upper class and the upper middle class: it is between the upper middle class and everyone else.

The separation of the upper middle class from everyone else is both economic and social, and the practice of opportunity hoarding--gaining exclusive access to scarce resources--is especially prevalent among parents who want to perpetuate privilege to the benefit of their children. While many families believe this is just good parenting, it is actually hurting others by reducing their chances of securing these opportunities. There is a glass floor created for each affluent child helped by his or her wealthy, stable family. That glass floor is a glass ceiling for another child.

Throughout Dream Hoarders, Reeves explores the creation and perpetuation of opportunity hoarding, and what should be done to stop it, including controversial solutions such as ending legacy admissions to school. He offers specific steps toward reducing inequality and asks the upper middle class to pay for it.

Convinced of their merit, members of the upper middle class believes they are entitled to those tax breaks and hoarded opportunities. After all, they aren't the 1 percent. The national obsession with the super rich allows the upper middle class to convince themselves that they are just like the rest of America. In Dream Hoarders, Reeves argues that in many ways, they are worse, and that changes in policy and social conscience are the only way to fix the broken system.

Jungen und Männer haben es schwer. Die tiefgreifenden wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Veränderungen der letzten Jahrzehnte haben dazu geführt, dass viele von ihnen im Klassenzimmer, am Arbeitsplatz und in der Familie an Boden verloren haben. Während sich das Leben der Frauen verbessert hat, ist das Leben vieler Männer gleich geblieben oder hat sich sogar verschlechtert. Der Autor, Vater von drei Söhnen, befasst sich in diesem Buch mit den strukturellen Herausforderungen, denen sich Jungen und Männer heute in der westlichen Welt gegenübersehen, und bietet neue und innovative Lösungen an, die die zugrunde liegenden Traditionen aufbrechen. Of Boys and Men betont, dass die Unterstützung der Männer nicht bedeutet, das Ideal der Gleichstellung der Geschlechter aufzugeben. Ein Meilenstein, eines der wichtigsten Bücher des Jahres - David Brooks, New York Times. Echte, praktische Lösungen, um eine Welt zu schaffen, die für uns alle besser wäre, über das gesamte Geschlechterspektrum hinweg. - Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America und Autorin von Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family.

Jungen und Männer haben es schwer. Die tiefgreifenden wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Veränderungen der letzten Jahrzehnte haben dazu geführt, dass viele von ihnen im Klassenzimmer, am Arbeitsplatz und in der Familie an Boden verloren haben. Während sich das Leben der Frauen verbessert hat, ist das Leben vieler Männer gleich geblieben oder hat sich sogar verschlechtert. Der Autor, Vater von drei Söhnen, befasst sich in diesem Buch mit den strukturellen Herausforderungen, denen sich Jungen und Männer heute in der westlichen Welt gegenübersehen, und bietet neue und innovative Lösungen an, die die zugrunde liegenden Traditionen aufbrechen. Of Boys and Men betont, dass die Unterstützung der Männer nicht bedeutet, das Ideal der Gleichstellung der Geschlechter aufzugeben. Ein Meilenstein, eines der wichtigsten Bücher des Jahres - David Brooks, New York Times. Echte, praktische Lösungen, um eine Welt zu schaffen, die für uns alle besser wäre, über das gesamte Geschlechterspektrum hinweg. - Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America und Autorin von Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family.