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Federal prosecutors say they will take Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to trial after his arrest outside an ICE facility last week.
Federal prosecutors say they will take Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to trial after his arrest outside an ICE facility last week.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said federal prosecutors tried to “humiliate and degrade” him by making him give ...
Video posted on Twitter (now X) shows Ras Baraka being led off in handcuffs while visiting Delaney Hall, the Newark ICE ...
Here’s a look at each candidate’s paths to victory. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is a progressive who would be the state’s first Black governor. He has particularly embraced working-class voters ...
Oakland leaders may soon settle a lawsuit claiming ex-Mayor Sheng Thao — who was recalled in November and now faces federal bribery charges — was ineligible for the 2022 mayoral election that ...
A poem written by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared on the stages of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour. The New Jersey mayor, who is preparing to run for governor, posted a video from a recent ...
The candidate rolled his eyes at the question. Ras Baraka — mayor of Newark, son of activist poet Amiri Baraka and one of only two people of color running for governor — clearly has gotten ...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s galvanizing piece “American Poem,” which first gained national attention on HBO’s Def Poetry, has taken center stage once again—this time as part of Beyoncé ...
Josh Gottheimer and Mikie Sherrill, former state Sen. Steve Sweeney, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and New Jersey Education Association President Sean Spiller.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, angling to be the New Jersey Democratic Party’s torchbearer for the governor’s race this fall, torched two of his rivals — and state party leaders, for good measure.
white platform sneakers, and librarian glasses. A tousled updo added to the actor’s lived-in look. Dave Benett/Dave Benett Collection/Getty Images Usually, the term “three-piece suit ...