Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark and a Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey, is campaigning on a progressive platform. Baraka is challenging the traditional suburban strategy employed by ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is making a bet on progressivism in the race for governor of New Jersey. President Donald Trump seems to be helping his cause. Baraka, the longtime mayor of New Jersey’s ...

Democratic voters weighed in on the candidates’ favorability. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka leads the pack with 43%, followed by Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill ...

When Ras Baraka entered the governor’s race last year, I saw him as a long shot. But Baraka has surged based on convention results where there’s an actual vote, where he’s often come in ...

Newark mayor and gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka speaks during a protest in front of of Delaney Hall, the proposed site of an immigrant detention center, in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, March 11 ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka delivered pushback immediately, although stopping the President Donald Trump deportation juggernaut seems unlikely. “Without satisfying city property-use requirements ...

Mayor Ras Baraka says Delaney Hall owner does not have the required city permits Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is blasting the announcement Thursday that the largest immigrant detention center on the ...

NEWARK, N.J. — Along an industrial stretch of roadway in New Jersey’s biggest city, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared with immigrants rights activists last week to protest the Trump ...

A progressive organization’s Zoom event with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to discuss his campaign for New Jersey governor was abruptly cancelled on Sunday after a racist and pornographic cyber attack ...