Devon Brown, now 35, led a mission trip to Kenya in December through his nonprofit "Kenya with Love." Brown was one of 12 ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared in federal court for a status conference Thursday following his arrest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility last week. Prosecutors confirmed they ...

Mayor Ras Baraka speaks to supporters and media after a court appearance in Newark, N.J., Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said federal ...

For the late poet Amiri Baraka, poetry was about the sound of the words — that the poems should come alive when they were read aloud. "I'm trying to make the poems as musical as I can — from the ...

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 just ...

U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill was chosen by voters to be the Democratic nominee for New Jersey governor, while Ras Baraka came in a distant second in the primary earlier this month. But Newark’s mayor says ...

Never shy about his revolutionary views, Amiri Baraka gave New Jersey’s governor fair warning of possible fireworks when he was named the state’s poet laureate. “You’re gonna catch hell for this,” ...

NEWARK, N.J.-- Another high-profile mayor says he wants to jump into the New Jersey gubernatorial race. At a Black History Month event Monday night, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka said, "I want to be the ...

One of the more versatile players in the nation -- and certainly one of the fastest -- is Kelly Baraka of Portage, Mich., one of my five-star players for 2001, who committed to Michigan on Jan. 11.

Amiri Baraka, the writer who was born LeRoi Jones, has died at age 79. Baraka's career spanned art and activism: He was an influential poet and an award-winning playwright who didn't shy away from ...