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 ...

Mayor Ras Baraka also spoke at a press conference on Saturday. He said the community and families have to do a better job at keeping guns out of the hands of children. "We just have to do a better ...

We stand ready to help our brothers and sisters" of the Newark Police Department. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said law enforcement agencies are working to bring to justice the individuals responsible ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka called the shooting a “heinous, callous disregard for humanity” and that officers had gone to the scene knowing that “grave danger was possible.” Police took five ...

The other officer who was struck was hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening, authorities said. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka called the shooting a “heinous, callous disregard for humanity ...

“These are officers who got up yesterday morning to do their job, to go outside and make sure our streets were safe,” Mayor Ras J. Baraka of Newark said at the news conference. He added that ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said law enforcement agencies are working to bring to justice the individuals responsible for such a “heinous, callous, disregard for humanity.” The officers "went to a ...