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Donald Trump goes full Willie Horton on Jeb Bush with new immigration attack ad

Donald Trump--the vocal and divisive current frontrunner in the GOP presidential field--is attacking Jeb Bush by borrowing from the playbook

David A. Love / September 1, 2015

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The image that destroys the black 'welfare queen' myth

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In this case, it might be worth a thousand food stamps.

David A. Love / February 16, 2015

Opinion Politics

The Willie Horton ad revisited 25 years later

OPINION - Twenty-five years later, the infamous Willie Horton ad continues to make its impact on American politics...

David A. Love / October 21, 2013

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Head Start is another casualty of government shutdown

OPINION - Head Start is on the chopping block? Is nothing sacred?...

David A. Love / October 3, 2013

Opinion Politics

GOP attacks on Susan Rice make for bad racial optics

OPINION - The image of a party of angry old white dudes going after an accomplished black woman will not

David A. Love / November 21, 2012

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Tea Party still a largely southern phenomenon

OPINION - From its inception, the Tea Party 'movement' has been touted as something new...

Ewyckoffwilliams / August 3, 2011