Executive Editor

David A. Love, JD

David A. Love, JD - Serves BlackCommentator.com as Executive Editor. He is a journalist, commentator, human rights advocate, a Professor at the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information based in Philadelphia, a contributor to Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019, The Washington Post, theGrio, AtlantaBlackStar, The Progressive, CNN.com, Morpheus, NewsWorks and The Huffington Post. He also blogs at davidalove.com. Contact Mr. Love and BC.

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Guest Commentary

Pat Robertson’s Justice Department: The Undue Influence of Regent University

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Perhaps the most insidious part of the political firings of eight U.S. Attorneys by the U.S. Justice Department is the larger story behind the story: 150 officials in the Bush Administration are graduates of Regent University, an obscure institution in Virginia founded and headed by the fundamentalist televangelist Pat Robertson. Regent University— formerly known as…

Perhaps the most insidious part of the political firings of eight U.S. Attorneys by the U.S. Justice Department is the larger story behind the story: 150…

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Commentary

Think Piece: George W. and the Whitewashing of the Federal Courts

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

In some parts of the country, one is likely to find more black judges on television than in a federal courthouse. As news has spread of the political firings of eight U.S. attorneys by the Bush administration, another issue related to the integrity of the justice system went all but unnoticed in the news media:…

In some parts of the country, one is likely to find more black judges on television than in a federal courthouse. As news has spread of…

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Guest Commentary

Panther Arrests Evoke Disturbing Legacy of Torture

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The recent arrest of eight former Black Panthers for the 1971 murder of a San Francisco police officer was a news item that did not pass the smell test. On January 23, San Francisco authorities announced that the men, former members of the Black Liberation Army, an offshoot of the Black Panther Party (BPP), were…

The recent arrest of eight former Black Panthers for the 1971 murder of a San Francisco police officer was a news item that did not pass…

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