Marion Barry: DC police need to 'get in the gym, go on a diet'
Washington DC mayor and current Democratic council member for Ward 8 is not the most diplomatic when it comes to expressing his feelings.
Marion Barry is still most beloved politician in Washington DC
WASHINGTON - Take one look at the recent Washington Post poll of District residents and you will see Marion Barry staring you in the face...
Marion Barry: I misspoke when I said 'Polacks'
WASHINGTON (AP) - D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry says he misspoke when he referred to the Polish community with the disparaging term 'Polacks'...
Marion Barry hospitalized in Vegas
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry has been hospitalized in Las Vegas...
Barry apologizes for calling Asian businesses 'dirty'
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...
Slideshow: Black celebs living with diabetes
SLIDESHOW - Many black celebrities have gone public, connecting the disease to diet and unhealthy eating in the black community...
At 75, Marion Barry gears up for another campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) - As HBO considers making a movie about Marion Barry with Eddie Murphy in the title role, the real Barry is doing something that comes naturally: running for re-election in the nation's capital...
Son of Marion Barry faces drug-dealing charge
WASHINGTON (AP) - The son of former District of Columbia mayor and current Councilmember Marion Barry faces a drug-dealing charge after police say they found PCP and marijuana in his apartment....
Slideshow: It happened this week in black history 1/16-1/21
SLIDESHOW - Barack Obama was inaugurated, 'The Jeffersons' debuted and soul legend Jackie Wilson died; this is an incredibly historic week by any standard...
Blacks find breaking up is hard to do with incumbents
OPINION - Rangel's case is the latest in a dismaying series of black politicians who have run afoul of legal and ethical rules while in office yet still retain public support...
