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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
April 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – Detroit Mayor Dave Bing was readmitted to Henry Ford Hospital on Wednesday afternoon and is being treated for an acute pulmonary embolism in each lung…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
April 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – After weeks of legal wrangling, contentious meetings, and delays, the Detroit City Council narrowly passed a consent agreement with the state of Michigan to overhaul the beleaguered city’s finances on Wednesday evening…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
April 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – When Twitter, the world’s most popular social networking site, announced on Wednesday that it will open an office in downtown Detroit, it was heralded as proof of the city’s continued rebirth…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
April 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – Detroit Lions second-year running back Mikel Leshoure is facing felony marijuana possession charges after a March 12 traffic stop outside of Benton Harbor…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder held his first town hall meeting in Detroit and said that he has no desire to run Detroit…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – For decades, pro athletes have often been criticized for refusing to take political and social stances as not to endanger their endorsement deals, but for Dwyane Wade and LeBron James it was different…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – Detroit Mayor Dave Bing had surgery Saturday to repair a perforation of the intestines. He is expected to remain in hospitalized for the next five to seven days…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – The GOP brass is looking internally looking for someone to blame for the current primary schedule, and they have found that person in former RNC Chairman Michael Steele…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – Detroit Mayor Dave Bing gave his annual State of the City speech on Wednesday night and stood by earlier proclamations that the city would not face a takeover by an emergency financial manager…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
March 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – While individual current and former players are open supporters Democrats, such as Julius Peppers, Dhani Jones, Brett Favre, and Rodney Peete, a majority of pro football’s biggest spenders lean right…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – A group of Democratic activists are encouraging liberals here to vote in the GOP primary on Tuesday for either Ron Paul or Rick Santorum in an attempt to weaken Republican favorite Mitt Romney…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – Dwight Howard, the biggest star in the city not named Mickey Mouse, could be playing his final game representing the Magic in Orlando…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT- Mitt Romney has found himself in a position that he did not initially expect: Fighting from behind…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – A 48-year-old Chicago public school teacher used the “n-word” as part of a lesson on the perils and pitfalls of racism, and it landed him a five-day suspension from his job…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – A recent study examined the racial makeup of American neighborhoods and proclaimed the decline in segregation nationwide. For two housing advocates in Chicago, this study could not have been further from the truth…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – After being compared to Bosnia, Sarajevo, Beirut, Afghanistan, and various other war zones, lately Detroit is being compared to the Wild West…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – The Clint Eastwood ad marked the second consecutive year that the revived automaker made a huge splash during the Super Bowl…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – The police will not be rounding up and herding the homeless out of the city, instead they will be continuing their “business as usual” approach to the city’s homeless…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
February 2, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – On Tuesday, a Detroit couple was on the verge of being evicted from their home of 22 years, before they were allowed to stay thanks to help from local advocacy groups including Occupy Detroit…
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
January 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT – In Haiti, where they are still recovering from the devastating earthquake that literally flattened the island nation, any signs of hope come from a different kind of football…