Skip to main content
Back to Show
Laura Flanders & Friends

Mayor Ras Baraka on His Arrest & Leading New Jersey

Season 2 Episode 210

“They targeted me because I'm the mayor of the city,” says Newark, New Jersey mayor and gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka. In this tell-all interview, he discusses his arrest at Delaney Hall, a new private immigration detention facility in Newark. Baraka is a frontrunner in the gubernatorial race and could make history as the first Black governor in New Jersey.

Available Until
4/5/2026
Support Provided By
The Data Center Revolt: John Cassidy & Faiz Shakir
26:46
An AI revolution is underway, but so is the resistance.
Will Journalists Choose to Save or Sink Democracy?
26:46
Dean Obeidallah and Joy Reid discuss the money media’s dangerous denials and obfuscations.
Donna Haraway on Resisting the Monoculture of the Mind
26:46
The feminist philosopher and scholar shares what it means to be human in an age of AI.
Celebrating Alice Wong: Oracle of “Disability Visibility”
26:46
Two of Alice Wong’s friends and collaborators honor the disability activist’s life.
Doxxed, Stalked & Swatted: When the Far Right Goes After Journalists
26:46
Journalists are under fire, and the implications for democracy are chilling.
Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's “Girl Warrior” Guide
26:46
Joy Harjo’s new book is a guide to find our way during transformation.
Cori Bush and Kat Abughazaleh on Winning Without Selling Out
26:46
What does this past Election Day signal for politician-activists running for office?
To Break the “CYCLE” of Police Killing, Listen to Survivors
26:46
The new documentary “CYCLE” breaks the silence around police killings.
Rep. Jayapal & Veteran Goldbeck: The Government's War on Civilians
26:46
The military is sworn to serve the Constitution, but that isn’t very easy with this administration.
Dolores Huerta & Ellen Gavin: Courage Against Authoritarianism
26:46
Activists Dolores Huerta & Ellen Gavin explore storytelling as an organizing tool.
Shutdowns & Civil Rights Attacks: Federal Workers Fight Back
26:46
Civil rights attorneys speak out against threats to fair housing and the American people.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Warning: Failing the Palestine Test
26:46
Mahmoud Khalil examines why the question of Palestine is a test for U.S. democracy.
Active loading indicator