Newark Mayor Ras Baraka leads polls in New Jersey’s Democratic gubernatorial primary. He could become the state’s first Black ...

I don’t think that there’s any man today, present today, that has the kind of moral authority or spiritual strength,” Newark ...

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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.

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 ...

In a political landscape where public opinion on immigration has swung to the right and caused some Democrats to become ...

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 administration’s deal with ...

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 bid to stake ... the Democratic Party is doing,” Castañeda said in an interview in Spanish. Baraka’s rivals Besides Baraka and Fulop, the other Democrats ...