Despite coming in third in his run for governor, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was recently arrested at an ICE protest, is ...

Q: The U.S. Supreme Court ended its term with rulings that significantly expanded executive authority, including allowing ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka will "be a special guest" at an event on July 29  for Jersey City Councilman James Solomon and City ...

While Baraka articulated appreciation for the library staff, he did clarify one thing: Newark Public Library workers are not ...

What might this year’s Democratic gubernatorial primary tell us about future primaries for Congress and the State Legislature ...

Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka was briefly arrested at an ICE detention center. The arrest occurred during an unannounced inspection by members of New Jersey's congressional delegation.

Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark speaks to the press near ICE agents at a demonstration outside an immigrant detention centre in Elizabeth, New Jersey May 7, 2025.

Ras Baraka could be NJ’s first Black governor – and polls show him in the lead after taking on Trump. In an exclusive interview with TheGrio, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka opens up about his vision ...

Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark speaks to the press near ICE agents at a demonstration outside an immigrant detention center in Elizabeth, New Jersey May 7, 2025.

Ras Baraka, a poet in his own right who is featured on Lauryn Hill’s 1998 record The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, said his father warned him off the political life. "He knew the danger and the ...

Mayor Ras Baraka is running for governor of New Jersey and defying expectations in the process. While some political consultants ranked him as the underdog when he entered the race, Baraka has ...