Tom Martello writes a regular column about the 2025 race for New Jersey governor. Brent Johnson writes the subscriber-only newsletter What Makes Jersey Run. They combined forces in the aftermath of ...

Poet Amiri Baraka, who lost his post as New Jersey’s poet laureate because of a controversial poem about the 9/11 terror attacks, died Thursday, his agent said ...

Completely unfazed by camera clicks and luring calls, Baraka munches on the grass of the savannah. With his massive body, thick grey skin and the pointed horn, the black rhino appears invincible. But ...

The federal trespassing charge against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been dismissed after his arrest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba ...

Ras Baraka, the Democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey, and a candidate for governor, appeared in federal court Thursday for a status conference after being arrested at an ICE facility last week on a ...

NEWARK — The murmur of WBGO and the whispers from a steady stream of visitors were the only sounds in the South Ward living room. Walls were covered in paintings, photographs and lithographs. Jazz ...

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