Economy
The Best Reads on Marion Barry, D.C.'s Mayor for Life
With his death early this morning, the District is mourning a complicated man.
Marion Barry, the man known as the Mayor for Life in Washington, D.C., the city that he served for decades, died early this morning. The District is mourning a complicated man who steered the city through periods of devastation and renewal.
Many people who don't live in D.C. can't wrap their heads around Barry's prominent place in city politics even after his administration crashed in an FBI sting for drug abuse in 1990. TMZ dismissed Barry with a headline that reads "Crack Mayor Dead": That's all that many people know about the man.