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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December 16, 2009
OPINION - During the civil rights movement, black students required military escorts just to go to school. Back then, the…
December 11, 2009
OPINION - Tiger Woods is by no means the first athlete to sleep around with women, and he certainly won't…
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December 7, 2009
OPINION - The Congressional Black Caucus and civil rights organizations have begun to challenge the President for not doing more…
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December 3, 2009
OPINION - Rather than paying attention to aspects of Tiger Woods' life that should remain purely personal matters, people should…
November 29, 2009
OPINION - People say that there is no greater loss than the death of one's child. I had no idea…
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November 20, 2009
OPINION - Creative solutions are required for the serious crisis of absent fathers. The issue of mandatory paternity testing helps…
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November 18, 2009
OPINION - Beatings are still prevalent as a child-rearing tool in the African-American community, a practice which hearkens back to…
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November 12, 2009
OPINION -- Lou Dobbs recently announced that he is resigning from CNN, and not a moment too soon. On November…
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November 9, 2009
OPINION - Many have been shocked to see recent photos of retired major league baseball player Sammy Sosa wearing green…
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November 3, 2009
OPINION - The discovery of the bodies of six women at the home of a convicted rapist is further proof…
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October 29, 2009
OPINION - The Republicans have been reduced to their hyper-conservative core, which is united in a hatred of government...
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October 19, 2009
OPINION - Morehouse College, that legendary institution of higher learning in Atlanta, recently enacted a new dress code for its…
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October 14, 2009
OPINION - The crowning of Nikole Churchill as the first non-black Miss Hampton University has caused a ruckus at the…