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 ...

Morocco has entered a new phase of water resource mobilization through an integrated system, Minister of Equipment and Water ...

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,” ...

The endorsement comes at a critical time for both Democrats. But Republicans said Mikie Sherrill is embracing her former ...

Over 15 years since first traveling to rural Kenya to help build Baraka Hospital, Klick Health went back to partner with the hospital and local healthcare professionals in helping provide access to 1, ...

Long before his death, last week, at the age of seventy-nine, Amiri Baraka attained the status reserved for those Americans whose unruly complexities and contradictions spill beyond the neat ...

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 ...

Prosecutors say Obalaji Baraka was arrested Thursday for violating a probationary sentence in a domestic assault case. He's the brother of Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and a city employee.