Mayor Ras Baraka invited representatives of Kailasa to Newark City Hall for a "cultural trade agreement," but later, Kailasa was not a real country.

Progressive Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is being floated as a possible lieutenant governor choose for Democrats after he rose to prominence following his arrest at an ICE facility protest.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a top Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor, allegedly hired family members and regularly associated with people with histories of sexual misconduct allegations.

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Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka was briefly arrested at an ICE detention center. The arrest occurred during an unannounced inspection by members of New Jersey's congressional delegation ...

Ras Baraka was released from custody after being arrested at a protest against a controversial ICE facility run by private prison operator GEO Group. Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka walked ...

On his arrest, the private prison company GEO, and why he believes we’re heading into authoritarianism—but democracy will prevail. Ras Baraka, the democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey, who ...

Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark speaks to the press near ICE agents at a demonstration outside an immigrant detention centre in Elizabeth, New Jersey May 7, 2025. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via ...

Ras Baraka, mayor of Newark, N.J., was taken into custody outside of a federal immigration detention center on Friday, May 9. Baraka had been protesting the opening of the facility this week ...

Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark and a candidate for New Jersey governor, appeared in federal court on Thursday, nearly a week after he was charged with trespassing. By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is suing interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba over his arrest outside Delaney Hall in May. Baraka announced the lawsuit on June 3 in front of federal court in Newark.