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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June 13, 2024

A study says Black people believe ‘racial conspiracy theories.’ Given this country’s history, can you blame us?

There's a long list of reasons why Black Americans believe what a Pew study called 'racial conspiracy theories.'
Black leaders, theGrio.com
(L-R) New York City Mayor Eric Adams (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Gabrielle's Angel Foundation ); U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images); U.S. Senator Tim Scott, R-S.C.(Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
May 28, 2024

Black faces in high places have a responsibility

What is the point of having Black leaders in white spaces if they do not fundamentally change the systems that…
U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, Jonathan Jackson, Nydia M. Velazquez, Jamaal Bowman (seen), and Summer Lee hold a press conference with Rabbis in front of the U.S. Capitol to call for a ceasefire and end to the Israeli attacks on Gaza in Washington D.C., United States on Nov. 13, 2023. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
April 26, 2024

Members of the Squad, who face primary challenges because of their stance on Israel, scored their first victory. Here are the other races to watch.

Rep. Summer Lee, who beat a centrist Democrat supported by pro-Israel groups, was the first Squad member to survive a…
Jimmy Cherizier, a former elite police officer known as Barbecue who now runs a gang federation, walks hand in hand with children as he visits La Saline district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
March 14, 2024

The latest crisis in Haiti: How did we get here?

Some observers may conclude that Black people can't govern themselves, but Haiti has never been able to thrive under imperialist…
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March 4, 2024

Let them eat ‘cereal for dinner’ is just another example of America’s hatred of poor people

Kellogg's CEO's suggestion that cash-strapped families eat cereal for dinner is just the latest example of how America treats poor…
Singer Beyonce and rapper Jay-Z
(L-R) Beyoncé and Jay-Z attend the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
February 19, 2024

Beyoncé is reclaiming country music for Black America

Black contributions to country music have been whitewashed and erased, but Beyoncé is forcing America to remember what Black people…
Protesters attend a rally to denounce the Israeli military operations in Gaza in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2023. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
February 5, 2024

Do Biden and the Democrats think the Black pastors calling for a ceasefire in Gaza are on Putin’s payroll? 

Over 1,000 Black pastors have written open letters urging President Joe Biden to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
summer school lunch program, theGrio.com
Second-grade students select their meals during lunch break in the cafeteria, Dec. 12, 2022, at an elementary school in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Alberto Mariani, File)
January 22, 2024

Republican governors are fine with letting poor children starve

The GOP opposition to anti-hunger programs is part of their shtick, and it exposes their hypocrisy as the so-called party…
A confederate statue memorial for the Civil War is seen in Forsyth Courthouse Square, Forsyth Georgia. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
January 12, 2024

Donald Trump and Nikki Haley show us America’s ignorance about the Civil War

Two Republican candidates for president provided further proof that American history has never been taught correctly or truthfully.
Alabama redistricting, voting rights, theGrio.com
People wait in line outside the Supreme Court in Washington to listen to oral arguments in a voting rights case on Feb. 27, 2013. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
November 29, 2023

The Voting Rights Act is in serious trouble — again

OPINION: A recent decision by an appeals court ruled that only the federal government can bring lawsuits under Section 2…
Palestinians, watermelon, Palestine, theGrio.com
Pro-Palestinian protesters attend an Emergency Rally for Palestine outside Parliament on the occasion of a vote in the House of Commons as to whether or not to call for a ceasefire in Gaza on 15th November 2023 in London, United Kingdom. (photo by Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)
November 22, 2023

For Black Americans and Palestinians, watermelon has a special symbolism

OPINION: Watermelon symbolism reflects the struggles for freedom and fights against oppression for African-Americans and Palestinians. But the symbolism hits…
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November 20, 2023

Republicans will throw democracy under the bus when they don’t get their way

In statehouses across the country, Republicans are doing everything they can to subvert voters' decisions.
Al'Ammeer Mahmoud Hoj-Daen, 19, front, and about 1,000 people of Colorado join the rest of the world in an International Day of Action to demand an immediate ceasefire, an end to US aid to Israel, and an end to the siege on Gaza in front of Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado on Thursday, November 9, 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
November 10, 2023

Biden and the Democrats are failing to read the room on Gaza

Biden's stance on Israel could have political repercussions as Black people call for a ceasefire to end the massacre of…
Black land theft, Sliver Dollar Road, Raoul Peck, theGrio.com
The Reels family in Raoul Peck's documentary, "Silver Dollar Road." (Amazon Studios)
October 13, 2023

The film ‘Silver Dollar Road’ highlights the theft of Black land

OPINION: Filmmaker Raoul Peck spoke to theGrio about his latest documentary, which tells the story of a Black North Carolina…
Image of Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson (screenshot via YouTube/CBS Texas)
October 9, 2023

Black politicians who switch to the Republican Party are betraying their voters

At a time when the Republican Party is at its most hostile toward Black liberation, why would Black Democrats switch…
Jacksonville, racially motivated shooting, theGrio.com
Morning sun shines on memorials for Jerrald Gallion, Angela Carr and Anolt Joseph Laguerre Jr. near a Dollar General store where they were shot and killed two days earlier on August 28, 2023 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
August 30, 2023

No, the Jacksonville mass murder was not ‘racially motivated.’ It was racist.

Wishy- washy language on racial violence fails to educate and inform the public on the true nature of racism.
Members of IfNotNow hand out information to people attending the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual conference outside the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on March, 01, 2020. (Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
August 18, 2023

Why are Black Democrats taking money from AIPAC?

The pro-Israel lobbying group has endorsed over 100 Jan. 6 insurrectionists while spending millions to defeat Black Democrat candidates.
An angry kid created with generative AI technology
An angry kid created with generative AI technology (Adobe Stock Images)
August 16, 2023

White conservatives are raising a generation of snowflakes

The war on critical race theory was always about protecting white children from feeling discomfort in the classroom.
Journalism professor Kathleen McElroy
Kathleen McElroy poses Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in College Station, Texas. Texas A&M University reached a $1 million settlement Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, with McElroy, a Black journalism professor, after botched attempts to hire her unraveled after pushback over her past work promoting diversity. (Meredith Seaver/College Station Eagle via AP, File)
August 4, 2023

Kathleen McElroy, DEI hysteria and the war on Black educators

What happened to McElroy in Texas is but the latest example of a full-scale war on Black educators and Black…
Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala) speaks to reporters in the Senate subway at the U.S. Capitol July 10, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Tuberville was asked about his decision to block hundreds of promotions for high-ranking generals and officials in the U.S. military due to his opposition to a Pentagon policy ensuring abortion access for service members. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
July 12, 2023

Tommy Tuberville’s white nationalist comments are a reminder that the military has a white nationalist problem

The Ala. senator refused to call white nationalists racists and he's fine with them serving in the military. The problem…