The multi-talented creative breaks down the connection between music and the Black church, and his role in Ryan Coogler’s acclaimed horror flick.

This comes as the mayor, who is the son of late poet and activist Amiri Baraka, is in a crowded Democratic primary to succeed term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy, also a Democrat. Baraka has embraced ...

Rashid Johnson on Middle Age, Being Inspired by Amiri Baraka, and What’s at the Heart of His Guggenheim Retrospective In his new exhibition, “A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” Johnson revisits and ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared in federal court for a status conference Thursday following his arrest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility last week. The procedural hearing ...

The two sides gathered for a status conference regarding the trespassing charges filed against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka after he went to Delaney Hall on May 9. He was there with U.S. Reps.

Rare Toni Morrison short story to be published as a book To much of the world the late Toni Morrison was a novelist, celebrated for such classics as “Beloved” and “The Bluest Eye.” ...

NEWARK, New Jersey — Ras Baraka, the mayor of New Jersey’s largest city and a Democratic candidate for governor, said a trespassing charge against him was “silly,” “petty” and should ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has released footage he says proves he was invited onto the grounds of Delaney Hall, a new ICE detention center in New Jersey, where he was arrested for trespassing last week.