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 21, 2022
Alabama wants to execute prisoners with a new, untested method of capital punishment called nitrogen hypoxia.
end mass incarceration, theGrio.com
September 7, 2022
In the “land of the free,” the states of Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont have an opportunity to vote…
August 29, 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act might be the most significant step America has taken on climate change—and Black people stand to…
Pennsylvania lieutenant governor candidate Austin Davis
August 16, 2022
This midterm, democracy is on the ballot. Issues such as reproductive justice, voting rights and many basic freedoms hang in…
August 4, 2022
Democrats think the best way to keep Congress is to run against the most extreme, election-denying, Trump-blessed candidates imaginable.
Former President Donald Trump, project 2025
July 22, 2022
Trump is no longer in office, but the Trump cult continues to peddle the Big Lie that the 2020 election…
A line of soldiers wearing camouflage
July 15, 2022
White supremacists in the military and law enforcement are not a new phenomenon. But now the government is taking this…
House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 1, 2022
As Republicans celebrated the end of abortion rights, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi led Democrats in the singing of…
Former President Donald Trump
June 29, 2022
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The testimony…
Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and COO Gabriel Sterling
June 28, 2022
Some Republicans do not support Trump. Some have even spoken out against him and ignored his calls to overthrow the…
June 25, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court is an illegitimate institution that is a threat to the lives of Black people and other…
June 3, 2022
Police do lie, and often. Those who accept what police officers say as the God’s honest truth are likely to…
May 24, 2022
As the monkeypox virus continues to spread, news organizations are racializing and colorizing this new virus du jour.
May 20, 2022
The Buffalo, N.Y, shooter used tech platforms to plan his mass murder of 10 Black people in a Tops supermarket.
People gather at the scene of a mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market
May 17, 2022
Media coverage of the Buffalo, N.Y., mass shooting proves that some journalists cannot handle the truth about racism in America.
May 11, 2022
Sundiata Acoli, a Black man and a political prisoner, is a free man after nearly half a century behind bars.
May 6, 2022
Universities profited from slavery and played a role in the enslavement of Black people. They should acknowledge this legacy and…
May 4, 2022
President Joe Biden must cancel the student loans now. Black people need it and deserve it, and this is a…
April 11, 2022
The right to protest in America is under attack, and it all involves a case against a Black Lives Matter…
A brick sign reading "Welcome to Mason, A Good Place to Live"
March 29, 2022
The attempted state takeover of a Mason, Tenn., town is a reminder that America has a long history of taking…