The Newark mayor has influenced the way city schools are run. But despite citywide efforts to help improve academic outcomes, ...

It’s time to reimagine New Jersey. Ras J. Baraka a Newark native, poet, and educator, is the transformative mayor of the City ...

The unapologetically progressive mayor was arrested at an immigration detention center. Now, he's hoping to capitalize on ...

I want somebody to apologize, write a letter, say this was wrong, come out and say, ‘We shouldn’t have done this,’” Baraka ...

Ras Baraka, the Democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was arrested on Friday while joining members of Congress at an ...

Rep. LaMonica McIver, a Democrat, is accused of shoving federal authorities during a scuffle outside an ICE jail in Newark ...

In his 11 years as mayor of Newark, the city has seen a tremendous growth spurt - the city skyline is etched with new ...

Newark, N.J., Mayor Ras Baraka (D) on Tuesday sued interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba in her personal capacity over his arrest last month outside a U.S. Immigration ...

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FILE - Newark mayor and gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka speaks to reporters after a protest in front of of Delaney Hall, the proposed site of an immigrant detention center, in Newark, N.J ...

Magistrate Judge André Espinosa of U.S. District Court reprimanded federal prosecutors in New Jersey before agreeing to dismiss trespassing charges against Ras J. Baraka, the mayor of Newark.

NEWARK, N.J. — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said federal prosecutors tried to “humiliate and degrade” him by making him give his fingerprints and take a mug shot for a second time Thursday after ...