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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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
December 20, 2011
OPINION – Condoleezza Rice. First female national security adviser, first black woman to serve as Secretary of State, and Stanford professor. But could she be the GOP’s first black woman vice presidential nominee?…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
December 16, 2011
OPINION – Fair trade may not be as fair as you think. In fact, some of what is passing as fair trade could actually be slave trade. Not to mention child labor…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
December 8, 2011
OPINION – Mumia Abu-Jamal and Troy Davis faced different outcomes, but both cases speak to the issues of doubt and possible innocence…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
December 6, 2011
OPINION – Donald Trump is back! And there’s every indication that he still has a black people problem…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
theGRIO REPORT – While the effect of rap celebrity endorsements is sometimes a positive one, these promotional efforts often backfire…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 28, 2011
OPINION – For African-Americans, the stakes are high. Black people still suffer from wounds of the civil rights movement, and remember the reluctance of FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover to go after civil rights murders…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 22, 2011
OPINION – With their lockstep support for the Democratic Party in the South, African-Americans are seemingly returning to the old Jim Crow days of political powerlessness…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 15, 2011
TheGRIO REPORT – The Supreme Court, has decided to hear arguments next March on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care law…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 10, 2011
OPINION – Cain has not been hurt by the sexual harassment accusations in terms of his fundraising and support from the base. The audience reaction to Cain in the debate was no exception…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
November 7, 2011
theGRIO REPORT – All in all, African runners won the top five spots and six of the top seven places. In the men’s race, only one American has won since 1983, and no American woman has won since 1977…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 31, 2011
theGRIO REPORT – Whether based on actual incidents or the product of rumors and hoaxes, stories of Halloween gang initiations are not going away…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 25, 2011
OPINION – The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and motivational speaker is running a presidential campaign full of contradictions — that is, if he is actually running much of a campaign at all…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 18, 2011
OPINION – Oh, the things that some people will do for money. Or, to put it another way, the terrible things that some with money will do to those who don’t have any…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 11, 2011
OPINION – U.S. Attorney General Eric holder is under the gun these days, but his critics seem to protest too much…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 6, 2011
OPINION – Bereft of any ideas, the bottom feeders of ultra-right wing media are once again beating the dead horse of Obama-as-black-radical…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
October 3, 2011
OPINION – Cain has brilliantly positioned himself as a perfect running mate should one of his rivals beat him out for the top spot…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 29, 2011
OPINION – Perhaps race explains why Herman Cain is not regarded as a serious frontrunner in the GOP presidential primaries…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 23, 2011
OPINION – In staking out a middle ground, Obama has protected himself from the fate visited upon former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential election…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 21, 2011
OPINION – If we are to believe the charges made by Suskind, then it helps us to understand the context behind the president’s policy decisions…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
September 16, 2011
OPINION – Throughout modern U.S. history, the death penalty has proven a big political issue…