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December 7, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a reversal from four years ago, President Barack Obama will accept unlimited sums of money from…
December 4, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Four years ago, Barack Obama's swearing-in drew a record crowd to the National Mall. There were 1.8…
November 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A statue of Frederick Douglass, orator, writer, abolitionist, and advocate for equality of all people, will move…
November 19, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Aretha Franklin says "it was fabulous" to have first lady Michelle Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder…
November 16, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Threatened with repeal just weeks ago, President Barack Obama's health care law now appears on track in…
October 25, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Convicted D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo said in a television interview that aired Thursday that he was…
October 18, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — The D.C. private school attended by the daughters of President Barack Obama says it briefly evacuated after…
October 17, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 1,000 puppeteers and public broadcasting supporters have signed on for a march on the National…
October 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Embattled Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who is still under investigation for ethics violations, has now been accused…
September 19, 2012
Jesse Jackson Jr. has put his Washington D.C. home on the market, raising new questions about his future in Congress…
September 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Washington, D.C. mayor Vincent C. Gray and the D.C. Office of Human Rights (OHR) have launched an…
September 6, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Secret Service says it won't pursue criminal charges against a D.C. police officer accused of making…
August 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - A year after the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial opened to visitors in Washington, the group behind…
August 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Wendy Williams recently appeared on mediabistroTV's My First Big Break about her first important career moves...
July 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Of the over 600,000 residents of the District of Columbia, 2.7 percent are living with HIV. Despite…
July 24, 2012
WASHINGTON - Take one look at the recent Washington Post poll of District residents and you will see Marion Barry…
July 18, 2012
Rev. Anthony Lee, pastor at the Community of Hope church in Washington D.C., is tackling the subject of HIV/AIDS and…
July 16, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - When Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. disappeared last month for a mysterious medical leave, it took weeks for…
July 13, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - A District of Columbia police officer found that out this week when he came under investigation for…
July 12, 2012
A Washington D.C. police officer who was serving as an escort for White House officials was reportedly heard marking threatening…