Former Washington D.C. mayor, Marion Barry set the record straight about his 1990 drug arrest on “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin. Barry’s new book, Mayor…
Kwame Kilpatrick is not the first politician to be accused and convicted of a crime. Actually, he is in some pretty distinguished company. Sad but…
The always controversial and always much too vocal former D.C. mayor and now City Councilman Marion Barry (pictured) advised officers to “get in the gym,…
WASHINGTON — D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry (pictured) says he misspoke when he referred to the Polish community with the disparaging term “Polacks.” RELATED: Marion Barry…
Controversial Washington Ward 8 Councilman Marion Barry has toiled in the political spotlight for both positive gains and infamously negative reasons as well. Barry’s recent…
Once again, Marion Barry is in the headlines for all of the wrong reasons. This time, the former four-time D.C. mayor was caught race-baiting on camera. The Washington Post reports that Barry told his supporters that Asian businesses should leave his ward during a celebration party for his landslide in the Democratic primary race for the D.C. Council […]
Once again, Marion Barry is in the headlines for all of the wrong reasons. This time, the former four-time D.C. mayor was caught race-baiting on…
(Washington, DC) — There’s a close primary race of an at-large seat on DC Council. With all precincts reporting, Democratic Councilmember Vincent Orange led Sekou Biddle 40-percent to 39-percent. It’s not official, with absentee ballots to be counted next week. Orange defeated Biddle last year in a special election. In other council races, Marion Barry, […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Attorney General Peter Nickles is lashing out at Councilman Marion Barry, accusing D.C.’s ex-mayor of race baiting in comments about city hiring practices. Barry, D-Ward 8, is raising questions about the city’s health care finance agency, which he says is excluding blacks from top jobs. At a hearing earlier this week, […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The Internal Revenue Service claims that D.C. Council member Marion Barry owes $15,000 in unpaid taxes for 2005 through 2008, so it has issued a lien to try to collect the money, according to records filed with the city. “We have made a demand for payment of this liability, but it […]
