Below are links to media pieces about the legislative proposal to establish a Washington state commission on boys and men.

2026

• Rep. April Berg calls for compassionate leadership with boys and men’s commission bill (WA House Democrats)
  
  
• Listening to, helping boys and men can help us all (by Rep. April Berg in the Everett Herald)
  
  
• Competing bills for WA boys and men’s commission highlight gender debate (The Center Square)
  
  
• Rep. Mary Dye urges passage of legislation to establish a Washington state commission on boys and men (WA House Republicans)
  

Pre-2026

• Men: We need you to go to the doctor, and to become doctors (Seattle Times op-ed by Dr. Daniel Low)
  
  
• Does Washington need a Commission on Boys and Men? (Real Change News)
  
  
• Editorial: Men, boys could use a little help to be better men (Everett Daily Herald)
  
  
• Bipartisan support for legislation to establish Washington State Commission on Boys and Men (My Edmonds News, Lynnwood Today)
  
  
• The Case for a Washington Commission on Boys and Men (Seattle’s Child Magazine)
  
  
• It’s time for a fresh approach to helping Washington’s struggling boys and men (Washington State Standard)
  
  
• ‘Men are in despair’: Advocates in Washington push for commission to help men, boys (TV report and web article by NBC affiliate KING-5 News Seattle)
  
  
• WA males account for 80% of suicides, among other troubling disproportionate trends (TV report and web article by ABC affiliate KXLY-4 Spokane)
  
  
• Editorial: Panel on concerns of boys, men deserves hearing (Everett Daily Herald)
  
  
• ‘We’re not gonna be ok’: Bill would create a WA State Commission on Boys and Men (The Center Square)
  
  
• Why Washington State should create a Commission on Boys and Men (Richard Reeves, American Institute for Boys and Men)
  
  
• The case for a Commission on Boys and Men: Will Washington state lead the way? (Brookings Institution)
  
  
• Editorial: Commission on Boys and Men Needed for Interests of All (Everett Daily Herald)
  
  
• Washington Boys and Men Commission bill tabled for the year (Men and the 2024 Election: A Democrat’s View)
  
  
• Washington State moves closer to creating a Commission on Boys and Men (Men and the 2024 Election: A Democrat’s View)
  
  
• Time for an Age of Reason and Compassion (Journal of the San Juan Islands)
  
  
• Rep. Fitzgibbon: Bill to help men, boys too focused on ‘historically most advantaged’ (The Center Square)
  
  
• Washington Rep. Fitzgibbon: Bill to Help Men & Boys Too Focused On ‘Historically Most Advantaged’ (Washington in Focus, a podcast by The Center Square)
  
  
• Boys and Men commission bill dies, pursuit measure advances (KING-5 News)
  
  
• Editorial: Four failed bills that merit second shot next year (The Everett Herald)
  
  
• Society is failing men. What can be done about it? (unDivided podcast)
  
  
• Richard Reeves on the State of Boys and Men in the U.S. (C-SPAN Washington Journal)
  
  
• Bill proposed to create Boys and Men Commission (Columbia Basin Herald)
  
  
• Mary Dye introduces bill to help men, boys (Whitman County Gazette)
  
  
• Not waving but drowning: on the well-being of our nation’s men and boys (David Josef Volodzko)
  
  
• Are Males in Crisis? (Original Guide to Men’s Health podcast episode with Rep. Mary Dye and Richard Reeves)
  
  
• Are Males in Crisis? (same podcast episode as above but republished by Let’s Examine This, a podcast of the Partnership for Male Youth)
  
  
• SE Washington Lawmaker Proposes State Commission on Boys and Men (KOZE Radio)
  
  
• Yes, men and boys are in crisis — but traditional masculinity won’t help them (Salon)
  
  
• Washington State Eyeing Commission on Boys and Men (Global Initiative for Boys and Men)
  
  
• As House Bill Looms, KXLY Spokane addresses crisis facing boys and men in Washington State (Global Initiative for Boys and Men)
  
  
• Capitol report with Rep. Dye: Creating a commission for boys and men (3-minute audio report featuring Rep. Mary Dye and Richard Reeves)
  
  
• Mary Dye bill would create a new Washington State Commission on Boys and Men (press release from Washington House Republicans)
  
  
• Rep. Mary Dye: An innovative step toward improving the lives of Washington’s boys and men (Rep. Mary Dye)
  
  
• Video: Rep. Mary Dye introduces House Bill 1270 – Washington State Commission on Boys and Men, interviews Brookings expert Richard Reeves (Washington State House Republicans)