Frederick Douglass statue settles in new home

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

theGRIO REPORT - A statue of Frederick Douglass, orator, writer, abolitionist, and advocate for equality of all people, will move from the atrium of a government office building to Capitol Hill's Emancipation Hall...

Barry apologizes for calling Asian businesses 'dirty'

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WASHINGTON (AP) - D.C. Councilman Marion Barry is once again embroiled in controversy, this time for remarks disparaging Asian-owned businesses in his poor, majority-black ward...

Why were women left out of a birth control hearing?

Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton

OPINION - Republicans tried to start a war about religion at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing yesterday, but like Pogo, they 'met the enemy and he is us.'...

WATCH: Why Rep. Holmes-Norton walked out of birth control hearing

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WASHINGTON (AP) - 'Where are the women?' House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi asked when the hearing was brought up at a news conference. "

Eleanor Holmes Norton sues city over fender bender

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The District's lone (non-voting) representative in Congress is suing the city government over a fender bender...

PETA displays graphic slavery images on DC mall

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WASHINGTON - The exhibit will be up through Sept. 3, showcasing similarities between historic oppressions of human beings and the current exploitations of animals...

On Emancipation Day, DC citizens are still fighting for freedom

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theGRIO REPORT - "It's kind of ironic that this week we're celebrating emancipation when we're not emancipated," Mayor Vincent Gray said in an interview...

DC mayor: Our city is sick of being 'shut out'

Vincent C. Gray

OPINION - Sadly, many Americans are unaware that the District of Columbia is the only jurisdiction in America that has no voting representation in the United States Congress...

Congress abandons bill on DC voting rights

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The District of Columbia has waited more than two centuries to get a vote in Congress, and now it looks like the city's roughly 600,000 residents will have to wait even longer...

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Eleanor Holmes Norton

Frederick Douglass statue settles in new home

Barry apologizes for calling Asian businesses 'dirty'

Why were women left out of a birth control hearing?

WATCH: Why Rep. Holmes-Norton walked out of birth control hearing

Eleanor Holmes Norton sues city over fender bender

PETA displays graphic slavery images on DC mall

On Emancipation Day, DC citizens are still fighting for freedom

DC mayor: Our city is sick of being 'shut out'

Congress abandons bill on DC voting rights

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