Mayor Ras Baraka is running for governor of New Jersey and defying expectations in the process. While some political consultants ranked him as the underdog when he entered the race, Baraka has ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s link to controversial Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is coming under scrutiny as he makes a bid to become New Jersey’s next governor. Farrakhan, 91 ...

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

“Now is the opportunity, particularly in the climate that we’re in; what’s happening nationally makes it clear to me that (running for governor) is what needs to happen,” he said.

David Cruz talks with NJ Gubernatorial candidates Ras Baraka & Mario Kranjac ... that has nothing to do with the 80/20 rule. Across the street from City Hall, there is a 50% affordability in ...

Ras Baraka continues to claim the progressive lane in the six-person race for the Democratic nomination for governor. (Illustration by Alex Cochran for New Jersey Monitor/Baraka photo by Fran ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka joined members of major progressive organizations in New Brunswick Monday to celebrate their decision last week to endorse his gubernatorial bid. Baraka, on his third term ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka faces criticism after a 2004 video showing him praising controversial Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan resurfaced. Baraka praised Farrakhan’s moral authority and ...

According to evidence and testimony, Donald Ogman, 43, also known as Manny O and Mainey-O, was the leader of the Grape Street Crips, a New Haven gang. He was arrested by the FBI in 2012 for ...