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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January 14, 2022
The stakes for the Democratic Party could not be greater, and the future of American multiracial democracy itself hangs in the balance.
Robert Kennedy Jr. anti-vax
January 3, 2022
What happened to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and why isn’t he more like his father? A prominent anti-vaxxer, RFK Jr. is spreading misinformation.
Desmond Tutu
December 29, 2021
In a season when we have lost so many Black leaders, Desmond Tutu has left us in body at age 90 but remains with us in spirit as an ancestor.
December 23, 2021
The revelation that Torrance, Calif., police officers exchanged racist text messages is further proof that police racism is widespread.
South African Flag, theGrio.com
December 3, 2021
The punishment of Africa for identifying a variant, rather than praising it for its contributions is reflects a long history of colonialism.
November 25, 2021
As we recognize the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, now’s the time for the U.S. to deprogram itself from the Thanksgiving myth.
Travis McMichael Kyle Rittenhouse
November 13, 2021
Whether Black Wall Street or the Jan. 6 insurrection, organized White terrorist violence faces little-to-no consequences in America.
Justin Bibb and Eric Adams
November 4, 2021
The 2021 election results have proven that policing remains a frontburner issue in light of the George Floyd protests last year.
October 30, 2021
Years after the Unite the Right rally, a trial will decide if white domestic terrorism, criminality and racial violence will go unpunished.
Rep. Karen Bass thegrio.com
October 15, 2021
Rep. Karen Bass is seeking to be the first Black woman mayor of Los Angeles and has a track record of progressive leadership.
Native American Indian
October 11, 2021
Indigenous Peoples’ Day is one of remembrance to honor the ancestors and elevate the original people who walked this land.
African-American farmer
October 6, 2021
The return of Bruce’s Beach to a Black family is just one example of efforts to reclaim Black land and provide repair for the theft.
Gov. Kay Ivey and prison
October 4, 2021
It is no surprise that Black people in Alabama are 28% of state residents, but 43% of the people in jail and 54% of those in prison.
Black Liberation African American Flag
October 1, 2021
The need for Black unity on a global scale could not be any clearer. The 21st century whippings of Haitian people in Texas are proof of that.
August 18, 2021
The Taliban may have taken Kabul, but the White Taliban in the U.S. is at war against democracy and coming for Black folks’ ballots.
Protests Continue Across The Country In Reaction To Death Of George Floyd
August 4, 2021
America always wanted to keep its anti-Black racism a domestic civil rights issue rather than an international human rights issue.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris
July 30, 2021
Black people cannot save a party unwilling to use the power we gave them in the first place. It’s not 1965, and we’re not doing this again.
July 9, 2021
The “hours-long standoff” between police and Rise of the Moors received more media attention than a Philadelphia march of white nationalists.
Frederick Douglass thegrio.com
July 4, 2021
An oppressed Black America must always remind white America that it has nothing to celebrate on the July 4 holiday.
A Pan-African flag flies from Black Lives Matter Plaza overlooking the White House
June 19, 2021
We shouldn’t trivialize a federal Juneteenth holiday, but it’s no substitute for legislation that would make Black people truly free.