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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onSeptember 27, 2011
After a citywide diet and a fashion intervention by his staff, the Newark, N.J., mayor talks ties, Speedos and sagging pants.
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March 23, 2011
The Newark mayor tells The Root, "I have an audience of over 1 million followers on Twitter -- that's bigger than my state's largest newspaper." In the latest installment of our Vine series, he talks with Omar Wasow about his building dynamic coalitions and managing his message in the digital age.
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by Natalie Hopkinson onJanuary 29, 2011
There isn't a documentary filmmaker alive who can possibly keep up with Newark, N.J.'s tireless mayor. How can his constituents?
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by Nsenga Burton onJanuary 14, 2011
Booker's star continues to rise.
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September 13, 2010
Both Cory Booker and Adrian Fenty were swept into office in a tide of good feelings. Now Fenty is fighting to hold on to his job in today's D.C. primaries, and Booker's black support is waning in Newark. What happened?
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October 13, 2009
Will talk show host and mayor's feud end Friday when Newark meets L.A.?
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October 2, 2009
Brick City, the Sundance Channel documentary on Newark, New Jersey and its Mayor, Cory Booker, aired last week. What have we learned?
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by Natalie Hopkinson onSeptember 30, 2009
Newark’s media-savvy mayor knows how to bring white money back to a black city.
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by Erin E. Evans onSeptember 18, 2009
Crime-infested streets, ambitious politicians and a police department under turmoil. Brick City is a real-life The Wire.
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June 11, 2009
Obama's not the first Black politician, but his example is certainly paving the way for these rising stars...
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