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About David A. Love

David A. Love is a journalist and commentator who writes investigative stories and op-eds on a variety of issues, including politics, social justice, human rights, race, criminal justice and inequality. Love is also an instructor at the Rutgers School of Communication and Information, where he trains students in a social justice journalism lab. In addition to his journalism career, Love has worked as an advocate and leader in the nonprofit sector, served as a legislative aide, and as a law clerk to two federal judges. He holds a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Harvard University, and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He also completed the Joint Programme in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford. His portfolio website is davidalove.com.

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September 1, 2015
Donald Trump--the vocal and divisive current frontrunner in the GOP presidential field--is attacking Jeb Bush by borrowing from the playbook…
August 28, 2015
Let’s just cut to the chase with these Republicans and ask some blunt questions: Is being Mexican or Mexican-American the new black?
August 28, 2015
Four days after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Kanye West stunned TV producers and people across the country when he
August 24, 2015
On the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans does not have a reason to celebrate, as the black community…
August 23, 2015
The tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina comes at a time when we must remind ourselves that #BlackLivesMatter, but black lives…
August 17, 2015
The civil rights community has lost one of its greatest champions and elder statesmen with the passing of Julian Bond...
August 14, 2015
What are the New Black Panthers up to, and what is their next move? The New Black Panthers are in…
August 11, 2015
Will Biden run? And if he does, what is his stance on #BlackLivesMatter?
July 30, 2015
OPINION - President Obama just completed an historic trip to Kenya, his ancestral home and the land of his father’s…
July 17, 2015
OPINION - In the area of criminal justice, this was quite a week for President Obama. Articulating a vision for…
July 7, 2015
The Confederate flag has taken center stage in the media as South Carolina is expected to finally remove it from
July 1, 2015
The recent rash of black church burnings have many African-Americans wondering if this marks a resurgence of the nation’s original terrorists — white
June 29, 2015
President Obama — or Reverend President — has captured America’s attention on racial inequality. He must make the issue his
June 27, 2015
OPINION - Was the President’s eulogy at Rev. Clementa Pinckney’s homegoing service an example of a truly liberated Obama who…
June 22, 2015
The Confederate flag and Dylann Storm Roof are perhaps the most potent and virulent symbols of racial hatred these days,
June 14, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Rachel Dolezal had quite a week, perhaps unlike anyone you know, as her parents revealed that the…
June 12, 2015
Rachel Dolezal, 37, the head of the Spokane, Washington, branch of the NAACP, has represented herself as an African-American woman
June 8, 2015
Swimming while black is a crime? Or having a black pool party? Maybe the police in Texas have lost their
June 5, 2015
What happens when the police are the criminals? The city of Chicago settled with the family of LaQuan McDonald for
June 2, 2015
The city of Baltimore has reached a tragic milestone, as May became its deadliest month in over four decades. Last