Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is positioning his candidacy for New Jersey governor in a crowded Democratic field as a journey to a more progressive future.

Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark and a Democratic ... white Princeton liberals at an event last month. Then Baraka, the son of iconic poet Amiri Baraka, resorted to metaphor.

Look at this CNN poll from Sunday. The Democratic Party’s favorability rating is 29 percent. That’s in part because just 63 ...

Newark Detective Joseph Azcona, 26, has been posthumously promoted to sergeant, officials announced Friday during his funeral ...

The boy, who has not been named, was charged with murder, attempted murder and possessing illegal weapons. The officer who ...

A New Jersey cop was shot and killed in a barrage of 29 bullets fired by a 14-year-old gunman with an automatic weapon — and ...

An elite unit of city police detectives investigating illegal weapons came under gunfire in a North Ward neighborhood Friday ...

Detective Joseph Azcona, 26, was killed in a barrage of 29 bullets fired by the teen with an automatic weapon.

From reducing crime and gang violence and resolving a lead-pipe/clean water crisis, to leveraging public/private partnerships and campaigning for the creation of model neighborhoods, Newark Mayor Ras ...