Amiri Baraka was African American ... He used a quote from Baraka in his high school yearbook. "I think I just felt a connection," said Keene, a MacArthur Genius Grant winner whose "Punks ...

The obits for Amiri Baraka are coming thick and fast—at The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere. I don’t think this is surprising or ...

From reducing crime and gang violence and resolving a lead-pipe/clean water crisis, to leveraging public/private partnerships and campaigning for the creation of model neighborhoods, Newark Mayor Ras ...