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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April 11, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Gingrich denies that AFA is a hate group, claiming instead that is a 'Christian organization' and a…
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March 9, 2011
OPINION - An interesting study was released suggesting that white opposition to heath care may be racially motivated...
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March 3, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - For all of the attention that the King incident brought in terms of the need for reforms,…
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February 28, 2011
OPINION - A white-male-only scholarship is a tacky, demeaning and overly simplistic way to discuss issues of race, inequality and…
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February 23, 2011
OPINION - It depends on whether there is a willingness to take a lesson from the playbook of Harold Washington,…
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February 16, 2011
OPINION - No one can really object with a straight face to encouraging healthier lifestyles. Yet, somehow, the right-wing has…
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February 10, 2011
OPINION - Rep. West not only shames black people when he utters offensive statements. He also tarnishes the proud and…
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February 2, 2011
OPINION - Over fifty years later, 'The Montgomery Story' has been given new life -- in the Arab world...
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January 27, 2011
OPINION - These racial gaffes and smears may tell us about the character of these candidates, or lack thereof, yet…
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January 25, 2011
OPINION - Carol Moseley Braun benefits from her status as the consensus candidate of the black community...
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January 19, 2011
OPINION - Michael Reagan argues that his father was more of a friend to black people than President Obama...
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January 17, 2011
OPINION - Sharpton has proven that black leadership is useful and even necessary on the outside, even when the most…
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January 10, 2011
OPINION - The recent assassination attempt on Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is all the proof you need that America's political…
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January 4, 2011
OPINION - Republicans are making Obama their 'whipping boy' and perpetuating the voter fraud myth for two reasons...
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December 28, 2010
OPINION - Having more than one African-American competitor almost certainly guarantees that Chicago will not have a black mayor this…
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December 26, 2010
SLIDESHOW - In light of the bad economy and attacks on Obama from all directions, the public has lost sight…
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December 17, 2010
OPINION - Meeks is dead wrong to think that blacks are the only minorities, and the only people facing discrimination.…
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December 8, 2010
OPINION - Depending on your point of view, the tax plan is either the best the public could have expected…
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December 3, 2010
OPINION - What is troubling about this glorification of secession, and the efforts to preserve it, is its whitewashing of…
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November 19, 2010
OPINION - The situation regarding diversity in the upper chamber of Congress, or the lack of it, is troubling to…