Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey was arrested and released on Friday after a scuffle at the gate of an ICE facility.

If Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is elected governor of New Jersey in this year’s election, he’d make a lot of history. He’d be the ...

Mayor Ras Baraka was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration ... Office," Baraka said in his recent campaign ad. Baraka's father is poet and activist Amiri Baraka. Baraka was a central figure ...

Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, who is currently running for governor of New Jersey, is getting some high-profile exposure.