Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democrat running for governor, has accused an ICE contractor of operating its private detention center ...

“I want to hear an American poem,” Baraka recites in an audio clip that plays during an interlude video at Beyoncé’s Cowboy ...

A progressive group led by activist Lawrence Hamm endorsed Newark Mayor Ras Baraka for governor on Wednesday. The People’s ...

Democrat Mayor Ras Baraka demands access to a former prison being converted into an immigration detention center amid Newark's legal battle with the prison's operator.

The People’s Organization For Progress (POP) has publicly announced its endorsement of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka for governor ...

The city says it hasn't been granted full access to inspect the facility, which is being operated by a private contractor.

Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka came to the brink of calling Rep. Mikie Sherrill a racist last week after she suggested that improving literacy among third graders was the key to closing the alarming ...

Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark staged a predawn demonstration outside an immigrant detention center. He argues that the facility’s owner does not have valid permits to operate. By Tracey Tully and ...

Officials are pushing back after a Newark, New Jersey detention facility began quietly housing migrants. Mayor Ras Baraka and immigration rights leaders say the operation of the facility as a ...