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  • 3 days ago | nj.com | Steve Strunsky |Brent Johnson

    Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka plans to “sue the feds” after he was arrested outside an immigrant detention center last month on a trespassing charge that was dismissed in a case the judge called “worrisome,” according to a tweet by the acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, Alina Habba. “‘Shocking’ leak from Mayor Baraka’s team: He is planning to sue the Feds,” Habba tweeted on X at 10:36 p.m. Monday. “My advice to the mayor - feel free to join me in prioritizing violent crime and public safety.

  • 1 week ago | nj.com | Steve Strunsky

    Colin Kaepernick has been known for standing up — or taking a knee — for racial injustice since he led fellow NFL players in protesting police brutality in 2016 by kneeling while the National Anthem played. Nearly a decade later, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, author, publisher and tech entrepreneur is focused on boosting opportunity for aspiring young storytellers with an artificial intelligence platform for transforming story ideas into graphic novels.

  • 1 week ago | nj.com | Steve Strunsky

    Two members of New York’s congressional delegation paid an oversight visit to an immigrant detention center in Elizabeth on Tuesday, after a House member from New Jersey was charged with assaulting a federal officer trying to arrest Newark’s mayor at a facility there earlier this month. U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who chairs the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and U.S. Rep.

  • 2 weeks ago | nj.com | Steve Strunsky

    Following an inspection on Monday, Newark officials say health and building code violations have been addressed at an immigrant detention center where the mayor was arrested earlier this month amid a confrontation that also led to charges against a member of Congress. “The Health Department found minor violations at Delaney Hall that were corrected on site at the time of the inspection. There are no open health violations,” read a statement from a spokesperson for Mayor Ras J.

  • 2 weeks ago | nj.com | Steve Strunsky

    A federal judge in Newark on Wednesday agreed to dismiss trespassing charges against Mayor Ras J. Baraka, chiding the federal prosecutors he said had filed the charges. U.S. Magistrate Judge André Espinosa granted a motion for dismissal from the acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Alina Habba, during a hearing in the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Courthouse, two blocks from Baraka’s office at Newark City Hall. But Espinosa harshly criticized federal authorities for acting with speed over caution.

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SteveStrunsky
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25 Mar 25

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SteveStrunsky @stevestrunsky
9 Feb 25

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SteveStrunsky
SteveStrunsky @stevestrunsky
9 Feb 25

"No tenemos miedo." Several hundred immigrants and their allies marched in Passaic, a majority-LatinX city in northern New Jersey, to show solidarity in the face of a crackdown by ICE. Attention Generation X: one held a sign reading "Deport Elon."