Amiri Baraka Archives - New Jersey Globe

Baraka’s brother will be Mapp’s NJ-12 campaign manager

March 5, 2026 3:20 pmMarch 5, 2026 6:16 pm

Plainfield Mayor Adrian Mapp has pulled in a big name to serve as his campaign manager in New Jersey’s 12th congressional district: Amiri “Middy” Baraka, the brother of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. Middy Baraka has been a top figure in...

2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025 3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026 11:04 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...

A brief electoral history of Ras Baraka

May 10, 2025 9:41 pm

If Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is elected governor of New Jersey in this year’s election, he’d make a lot of history. He’d be the first Black person elected to lead the state; in fact, no major party in New Jersey...

A brief electoral history of Ras Baraka

April 25, 2024 1:22 pmJuly 25, 2024 2:26 pm

If Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is elected governor of New Jersey in next year’s election, he’d make a lot of history. He’d be the first Black person elected to lead the state; in fact, no major party in New Jersey...

Number of women in NJ House delegation could jump in 2020

December 8, 2019 9:51 pmDecember 9, 2019 9:07 pm

New Jersey could see a spike in the number of women in the congressional delegation after next year’s election. Women candidates are running for Congress in 9 of the state’s 12 districts in 2020, so far – although most face...

Anthony Carrino, seven-term Newark councilman, dies

July 14, 2019 2:26 pmJuly 15, 2019 8:46 am

Legendary Newark politician Anthony Carrino, a former Newark police officer who represented the North Ward on the city council for 28 years, has passed away. Carrino was one of Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson’s fiercest opponents during the twelve years that...