The Newark mayor has influenced the way city schools are run. But despite citywide efforts to help improve academic outcomes, ...

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Ras Baraka, Mayor of Newark and New Jersey’s Democratic candidate for governor, speaks outside the Newark Federal Courthouse, in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., May 15, 2025. REUTERS Black Americans ...

The mayor of Newark, who was recently arrested by ICE agents at a detention facility, discusses his race to become the ...

The Newark mayor sued federal officials, alleging false arrest and defamation over a dropped trespassing charge at an ICE ...

In his 11 years as mayor of Newark, the city has seen a tremendous growth spurt - the city skyline is etched with new ...

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.

Baraka is perhaps the most interesting personality ... My parents were also involved in electing the first African American mayor of Newark [Kenneth Gibson] and in the 1972 National Black ...

Mayor Ras Baraka has sued New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor over his arrest outside a federal immigration detention ...

NEWARK, N.J. — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said federal prosecutors tried to “humiliate and degrade” him by making him give his fingerprints and take a mug shot for a second time Thursday after ...

Mayor Ras Baraka will appear in federal court, following his arrest for protesting the opening of a new immigration detention center. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is set to appear in federal court ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has filed a federal lawsuit, after he was arrested by masked federal agents outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement jail in Newark. “They arrested me without any ...