Ras Baraka faces seven challengers as voters also decide nine City Council seats. Political observers say the incumbent's ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka filed a lawsuit against the US Attorney for New Jersey on Tuesday over his arrest last month while protesting outside an ICE detention facility in his city. Baraka accused ...

Despite losing his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination last week, progressive Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was recently arrested outside an ICE facility during a protest, is likely not ...

Mayor Baraka presents the 12th State of the City Address, in Newark, NJ on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 Get Photo Mayor Baraka presents the 12th State of the City Address, in Newark, NJ on Tuesday, March ...

Newark’s nonpartisan municipal election takes place May 12. A mayor seat and several city council positions are up for grabs.

Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka named names in his 12th annual State-of-the-City Address, name-checking scores of young athletes and scholars, heroic first-responders and vilified landlords, a movie star, ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is suing interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba, alleging she violated his constitutional rights and defamed him when he was arrested at a federal immigration ...

Baraka says second mugshot was payback for opposing ICE policies. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democrat, said he believes federal prosecutors tried to humiliate him by forcing him to give fingerprints ...

A New Jersey judge dismissed the charges against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, harshly rebuking interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba over his arrest. U.S. Magistrate Judge André M. Espinosa ...

NEWARK, N.J. — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said federal prosecutors tried to “humiliate and degrade” him by making him give his fingerprints and take a mug shot for a second time Thursday after a court ...

Trespassing charge against Baraka was dropped ahead of key gubernatorial endorsement. After a trespassing charge against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was abruptly dismissed by U.S. District Judge Andre ...