Congresswoman says appeals court's decision 'emboldens' Trump administration to keep going after 'vulnerable communities'

Homeless advocate calls on Sherrill to declare emergency so shelters could lift occupancy limits temporarily

Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democrat, and Republican Sen. Jon Bramnick

The mayor was arrested Friday after attempting to gain access to an immigrant detention facility

Ras Baraka was denied access to an immigrant detention facility in Newark

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka decries ‘Trump administration’s heavy-handed attack on undocumented people’

At protest on Monday, the advocates rallied against immigrant detention in the state

‘In the chaotic rush to get a budget approved each June, the voices of the people go unheard’

The city’s formula for addressing literacy issues involves collaboration and collective problem-solving

Mayor of NJ’s largest city details successes achieved through collaboration

Street outreach and ‘housing first’ seen as keys to putting people in homes and getting needed help

Newark this Friday will start to enforce a youth curfew that has long been on the books but not enforced

City, state officials stress water quality is still safe

These laws play a critical role in shaping a stronger future that includes everyone

The community-based programs are aimed at interrupting cycles of chronic violence

Mayor Baraka responds to criticism spurred by recent deaths of two firefighters

Complaints about harassment at the Newark School of Global Studies are not new

Leaders of social and philanthropic organizations that serve Newark also urge passage of George Floyd Justice in Policing Act

The problem indicates ‘a societal lack of humanity and disturbing callousness to the suffering of others’