The 'war on boys' led to a 'masculinity crisis' — and it's becoming a political issue

Emanuel Barcenas told NBC News he’s applied for 900 jobs — which seems like a lot, until you compare him to Zach Taylor, who told The New York Times he’s applied for more than 5,700.

Both men are 25 years old and college graduates, which sets them apart from many of their peers, since the number of American men going to college has been steadily shrinking. But their stories are part of a larger problem: Too many of America’s young men are struggling in ways that their fathers and grandfathers didn’t in generations past.

Unemployment among young men is rising, in large part because of a changing job market, made even more uncertain by the rapid growth of artificial intelligence. Some, growing discouraged, are becoming part of a group called NEETs — which stands for “not in employmen