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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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March 10, 2014
OPINION - Dr. Carson is not necessarily the most compelling or gifted speaker, but he comes off as far more…
March 5, 2014
OPINION - Rogers has compared President Obama to Hitler, complete with a Hitler mustache, and likened Obamacare to the policies…
February 27, 2014
OPINION - Paula Deen is back in the news. Yes, that Paula Deen. And she’s trying to make a comeback…
February 25, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - To be sure, there are a number of positives associated with a potential Deval Patrick run for…
February 13, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - An educator, social activist and charter school advocate, Canada, 62, has been known for his work on…
February 12, 2014
OPINION - The borough of Brooklyn, New York has a new chief prosecutor, and if he has his way, there…
February 6, 2014
OPINION - If you ask members of the Congressional Black Caucus and some civil rights leaders, they will say the…
February 4, 2014
OPINION - Another unarmed black teen in Florida is shot to death by a gunman who claims his life was…
January 28, 2014
OPINION - You can say what you want about Obamacare, but you can’t call it a failure. It is turning…
January 22, 2014
OPINION - In these days of zero tolerance and the criminalization of schoolchildren, the police will quickly throw a child…
January 14, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - In 2010, Wallace, who came to the end of his seven-year term as the only African-American on…
January 8, 2014
OPINION - January 8 marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s iconic War on Poverty. Sadly, half a century…
January 3, 2014
OPINION - In Oakland, California, the tragic case of Jahi McMath has resurrected the debate over end of life issues,…
December 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - This up-and-coming mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah drew national attention last year with her run for Congress…
December 11, 2013
OPINION - The passing of the African nation’s former president has caused Reagan’s policy of coddling the apartheid regime in…
December 6, 2013
OPINION - Nelson Mandela was a political prisoner turned statesman. And he was a freedom fighter, too. And we must…
December 5, 2013
OPINION - Although the 95-year-old giant is no longer with us physically, leaving us after a period of deteriorating health,…
December 3, 2013
OPINION - While the president’s detractors, xenophobes that they are, always tell him to go back to Kenya, they may…
November 29, 2013
OPINION - This holiday season, will African-Americans keep the black out of Black Friday?...
November 20, 2013
OPINION - Polls have shown that blacks and Latinos are more likely than whites to believe in them. There are…