Newark mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka is now a martyr.

The arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka outside Delaney Hall on Friday provided him with new political fuel — even as the ...

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 ...

As Democratic lawmakers allege that President Donald Trump is weaponizing the justice system in New Jersey, the leading ...

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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka's brother has been by his brother’s side as Baraka rose from activist to councilman to mayor to ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who evaded federal charges following his arrest May 9 at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE ...

Mayor Baraka’s arrest at Delaney Hall highlights the growing conflict over immigration enforcement and its chilling effect on ...

Baraka, sitting next to her, also clapped in approval. Charlie Stile is a veteran New Jersey political columnist. For unlimited access to his unique insights into New Jersey’s political power ...

Baraka — who, like Fulop, has run a progressive-leaning campaign often critical of the political establishment — strikes a middle ground in his letter. He said Hunterdon showed how a county ...