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June 5, 2020
Mayor Muriel Bowser paid tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement by renaming a street in the organization's honor and…
June 2, 2020
Law enforcement officers aggressively forced the protesters back, firing tear gas and deploying flash bangs into the crowd to disperse…
June 2, 2020
Wes Unseld, the Hall of Fame center who led Washington to its only NBA championship, died Tuesday after a series…
June 1, 2020
President Donald Trump derided many governors as “weak” and demanded tougher crackdowns on burning and stealing among some demonstrations.
Black unemployment line, theGrio.com
May 28, 2020
An estimated 2.1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week despite the gradual reopening of businesses around the country
May 26, 2020
Sheila Lucas recently survived a bout with COVID-19 but lost her life when she was shot and killed while protecting…
May 25, 2020
President Donald Trump on Sunday further limited travel from the world’s coronavirus hotspots by denying entry to foreigners coming from…
May 20, 2020
Joe Biden deflected questions about President Donald Trump’s allegations of improper behavior during the Obama administration and other conspiracy theories.
May 19, 2020
President Donald Trump said that he is taking a malaria drug to protect against the coronavirus, despite warnings from his…
Barack Obama theGrio.com
May 14, 2020
Nearly eight years after he was last on the ballot, Barack Obama is emerging as a central figure in the…
Police
January 31, 2020
Washington D.C. police have announced a policy in which it has banned handcuffing children younger than 12
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January 2, 2020
Black students played the role of slaves in a history lesson, but that didn't sit well with them and the…
Washington D.C.
November 26, 2019
A Washington D.C. violence interruptor was shot dead just outside of the building where he was working to end violence…
Washington D.C.
September 19, 2019
Will Washington D.C. have a chance at statehood? There's a new push to make the Federal District the 51st state,…
Washington D.C.
May 28, 2019
Maurice Scott, who spoke so highly of the city he lived in as part of a video done for his…
Police
April 29, 2019
Several incidents in which police encounters with Black kids led to unnecessary detainments have prompted officials to look into how…
Wilton Gregory
April 4, 2019
After scandal rocked the Washington archdiocese, the Pope has chosen a new leader is stepping in to move the church…
Aqueelha James thegrio.com
September 28, 2018
D.C. high school principal Aqueelha James has been put on administrative leave, due to her inappropriate reaction to a student's…
Boone
August 21, 2018
Students at Orr Elementary learned the racist history of the man their school was named for and lobbied to name…
May 14, 2018
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