Former Crack-Smoking D.C. Mayor to Have Statue Erected on Pennsylvania Avenue

Jack Heretik
March 2, 2018 8:42 PM

Former Washington, D.C. mayor and city council member Marion Barry will have a statue erected in his memory on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Crack-Smoking Democrat Refuses to Pay Parking Tickets

Marion Barry berates young reporter for investigating his parking tickets: 'You don't know a damn thing'

Washington Free Beacon Staff
August 7, 2014 10:59 AM

Marion Barry to Chuck Todd: I’ve Never Smoked Crack

Washington Free Beacon Staff
June 23, 2014 9:55 AM

Marion Barry’s Son Charged With DUI, Possession of Marijuana

Washington Free Beacon Staff
August 29, 2013 1:41 PM

Ben’s Chili Bowl Celebrates 55 Years

Feature: Bill Cosby, Jesse Jackson pay tribute to chili dog

CJ Ciaramella
August 24, 2013 5:00 AM

Bill Cosby, Jesse Jackson, and one former and one current D.C. mayor came together to pay tribute to the power of a chili dog. Ben’s Chili Bowl, the District’s iconic hot dog joint, celebrated its 55th anniversary Thursday morning with a crowd of well wishers, employees, celebrities, and local politicians.

Barry uses ethnic slur after apology meeting with Asian-Americans

Washington Free Beacon Staff
May 24, 2012 4:29 PM

While describing the immigration history of the United States, Barry used the term "Polacks" to describe Polish immigrants.

Barry Seeks Spin Doctor

Toughest job in Washington

Washington Free Beacon Staff
May 2, 2012 3:20 PM

Controversial councilmember Marion Barry is in the market for a new communications director, according to the D.C. Council’s official web page.

Marion Barry Denigrates Filipino Nurses

'Let’s grow our own'

Washington Free Beacon Staff
April 24, 2012 10:27 AM

Marion Barry is on a crusade against Filipino nurses, many of whom, said the former crack cocaine addict, steal jobs from American caregivers.

Marion Barry: ‘God gave me a great brain’

Washington Free Beacon Staff
April 9, 2012 11:14 AM

Former Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry, defending inflammatory comments he made about Asian business owners in D.C., told his critics he was “doing God’s work.

Marion Barry Denigrates “Dirty” Asians

Washington Free Beacon Staff
April 5, 2012 10:33 AM

The former D.C. mayor caught with crack-cocaine in a prostitution sting in the 1980s wants to do away with “dirty” Asian businesses.