Photo by blogancircle. Though the Washington Post’s paywall launched today, the paper is still exploring other options to increase revenue. Options like, say, letting organizations pay to respond to an editorial they may take issue with. This morning, WaPo announced its new online advertising initiative entitled “Sponsored Views,” which allows organizations to do just that: Add their own perspective and commentary in response to any content in the Post’s Editorials or Op-Ed pieces. Sure,…

The Mid-Atlantic AAA today apologized for calling a local transit advocate “retarded” and comparing him to a Klansman. The apology was, well, pretty weak.

An ESPN commentator was indefinitely suspended today after making comments questioning ‘Skins quarterback Robert Griffin III’s blackness.

D.C. has decided that using blog comments as part of a new program to grade the performance of D.C. agencies just isn’t worth the trouble.

Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) is set to join a coalition of Asian American groups for a press conference tomorrow at a church in Anacostia, where the mayor-for-life is expected to address derogatory comments about Asian American businesses and Filipino nurses he made in April.

At a hearing today, Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) alternated between criticizing the media and Asian American advocates who expressed their disappointment with his recent comments on Asian business owners and Filipino nurses.

Marion Barry’s recent comments on Filipino nurses in D.C. hospitals have provoked a strong rebuke from the Filipino ambassador to the U.S.

After last week’s controversial comments about Asian business owners in his ward, Marion Barry found himself a “good Asian” and claimed that he was simply doing “God’s work.”

Marion Barry made news this week by claiming that Asian-American business owners had no place in Ward 8. Though Barry was forced to apologize, it certainly wasn’t the first time he had said something that had insulted a particular group.

A comment period on new rules for the District’s food trucks closes this week, moving the city closer to a resolution on an issue that has raised the ire of both food truck supporters and brick-and-mortar restaurants.