Justice? Or "Just Us?" Racism and Profit In The Prison System
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Amber Mobley
Columnist
In a classic joke about black men in prison, the late, great, always controversial Richard Pryor said: "You go down there looking for justice; that's what you find: just us." The newly-relased movie "American Violet" suggests that Pryor was right.

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Dating Older: Double The Age, Double The Standards
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Amber Mobley
Columnist
From "Cougars" and "MILF's" to "Cradle Robbers" and "Dirty Old Men", some age-disparate relationships get kudos while others get criticism.

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Nappily Ever After? Hairstories Take Center Stage
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Amber Mobley
Columnist
For a lot of black women, deciding how to express themselves through their hair began once upon a time with a hot comb.

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Loss Of Life Shows Humanity's Peaks And Valleys
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Amber Mobley
Columnist
Mass killings, murder-suicides, police shootings, and gun rampages were front and center in March -- each incident as shockingly sad as the next.

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Men Mysteriously Absent From Baby Boom 2.0
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Amber Mobley
Columnist
More than 4 million children were born in 2007, marking the biggest baby boom since the post-WWII original and the highest unwed birth rate on record. That's a lot of baby mamas. But where are the baby daddies?

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Recession Refuge Rouses Guilt
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Amber Mobley
Columnist
With 12.5 million people unemployed and desperately seeking work, it's easy to feel guilty about your own good fortune.

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Public Education Cuts Will Stump The Future
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Amber Mobley
Columnist
This Friday the 13th I'll be wearing a pink sweater, a pink tank top and a bunch of pink jewelry to show my disdain for the California government, the "Governator" and other various elected boobs.

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Prison Is The New Slavery, American Apartheid At Best
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Amber Mobley
Columnist
How much more research do we need as a nation before we realize that the prison system, in its current state, is broken and biased?

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Journalism Crisis Is Racial, Not Just Financial
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Amber Mobley
Columnist
There aren't many things more difficult than trying to be THE voice of an entire race of people in a professional situation.

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Primates, Perceptions and Perspectives
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Amber Mobley
Columnist

I am not upset with the recent New York Post editorial cartoon that pictures two police officers and a dead chimp.

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Your Very Own Obama Valentine?
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Amber Mobley
Columnist
Not so fast, ladies. Try to set your man bar at a realistic height this Valentine's Day.

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