DC launches transgender respect campaign

theGRIO REPORT - Washington, D.C. mayor Vincent C. Gray and the D.C. Office of Human Rights (OHR) have launched an anti-discrimination ad campaign for members of the transgender and gender-non-conforming communities...

No children born with HIV in D.C. since '09

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theGRIO REPORT - Of the over 600,000 residents of the District of Columbia, 2.7 percent are living with HIV. Despite that fact, there has not been one infant born with HIV since 2009...

First lady wows at Correspondents’ Dinner

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theGRIO REPORT - First lady Michelle Obama looked chic amid the audience of reporters and celebrities at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner held on Saturday in DC...

Sharpton's NAN convention starts tomorrow in DC

Alexis Garrett Stodghill

theGRIO REPORT - The National Action Network, a grassroots political organization headed by Rev. Al Sharpton, will kick off its annual convention tomorrow in Washington, DC...

First lady attends cherry blossom festival

Alexis Garrett Stodghill

SLIDESHOW - First lady Michelle Obama appeared at the National Cherry Blossom Festival today in Washington, D.C. and planted a tree as part of the festivities...

Visually impaired student taped to chair by teacher

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A Washington, D.C. teacher was fired recently after taping a visually-impaired fourth grader to his chair, according to the New York Daily News...

DC teenager killed for $200 Nike sneakers

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WASHINGTON - DC police said 19-year-old David Robinson was shot and killed for his Nike sneakers Sunday morning on Foote Street in Northeast DC...

Atlanta ranked best city to find a date in 2012

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theGRIO REPORT - Atlanta has been ranked as the best city in America to find a date in 2012, according to The Daily Beast...

Black students in DC expelled at higher rates than whites

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Across the Washington area, black students are suspended and expelled two to five times as often as white students...

Perry Bacon, Jr. joins theGrio as DC-based political editor

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NBC NEWS - NBC News announced today that theGrio.com is expanding its editorial team and building out the site's political coverage with the addition of Perry Bacon, Jr. as Political Editor...

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DC launches transgender respect campaign

No children born with HIV in D.C. since '09

First lady wows at Correspondents’ Dinner

Sharpton's NAN convention starts tomorrow in DC

First lady attends cherry blossom festival

Visually impaired student taped to chair by teacher

DC teenager killed for $200 Nike sneakers

Atlanta ranked best city to find a date in 2012

Black students in DC expelled at higher rates than whites

Perry Bacon, Jr. joins theGrio as DC-based political editor

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