Newark Today

Newark Today presents The State of Newark Public Schools. Host Michael Hill will be joined by Mayor Ras Baraka, Schools Superintendent Roger Leon, President of the Board of Education Josephine Garcia, and Bruno Coelho, 2019 – 2020  Student Representative

The town hall style forum will be broadcast LIVE from Science Park High School Thursday September 19th at 8pm. 

Host Michael Hilll will be joined by Mayor Ras Baraka and Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose talking policing in New Jersey's largest city. As usual we'll be taking your calls LIVE at 844-677-9283. The show will also be streaming LIVE right here on WBGO.ORG and on the Newark Today facebook page. 

On Thursday, June 20, host Michael Hill will be joined by Mayor Ras Baraka to talk summer in the city. We'll review all the latest hot topics around New Jersey's largest city, and we'll discuss summer youth programming to keep kids engaged during the hottest months of the year.

If you have questions for the Mayor, call us at 844-677-9283. LIVE at 8 p.m. on WBGO 88.3FM, online at wbgo.org, and streaming on the Newark Today Facebook page. 

Host Michael Hill of NJTV will be joined by Mayor Ras Baraka, talking State of The City 2019 on the heels of the Mayor's address. We'll be exploring key aspects of Mayor Baraka's agenda including Universal Basic Income, establishing a Co-Op Company Owned by Reentry Employees, the push to expunge all marijuana convictions as part of the state's legalization legislation, and the newly announced $75 million program to replace lead service lines throughout the city.

On this month's Newark Today we're talking about the city's efforts to become a trauma-informed city by 2020.

The discussion comes on the heels of NJTV News' five part series Trauma's Tragedy and Treatment, by host Michael Hill.

While overall crime is down in New Jersey’s largest city, officials say they have seen a spike in rapes and sexual assaults.

On this month's edition of Newark Today, host Michael Hill of NJTV News is joined by Mayor Ras Baraka and one ofthe highest ranking African-American state officials in the country, New Jersey Lietenant Governor Sheila Oliver. We take a look back at the role the Murphy Administration has played in moving Newark forward, and discuss what lies ahead for New Jersey's largest city. 

The WBGO News team has once again been awarded by the New York Association of Black Journalists. The NYABJ Awards honor excellence in journalism created by and centering on the African diaspora in and around the media capital of the world. This year's first place awards are as follows:

Radio sports: Former NFL Star Nate Burleson Brings Swag and Fun to Sports Television Doug Doyle, SportsJam with Doug Doyle

On this Back To School edition of Newark Today, Mayor Ras Baraka joins host Michael Hill of NJTV, and Newark Public Schools Superintendent Roger Leon, to talk about what's in store for the district, in its first full school year under local control in more than 20 years. We'll also discuss how the new school funding formula, recently implemented by the state, will impact the largest school district in New Jersey.

The May 8th general election will determine if Mayor Ras Baraka receives a second term or if Councilwoman Gayle Chaneyfield-Jenkins will become the first woman to lead New Jersey's largest city. Join us for Newark Today's Mayoral Debate 2018. 

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is preparing to deliver his state of the city address next week, and Newark Today has your preview of this year’s annual address. 

Essex County has launched a pilot program, one week after a woman was gunned down in Newark, that will help determine whether a domestic violence suspect is freed or remains in jail. The county assigned one judge to handle all domestic violence cases instead of letting other judges rule on the cases at random. The man suspected of killing 28 year old Tiffany Wilson was released twice on domestic violence charges pending trial.

On Thursday, November 16th Newark Today presented a public forum on housing and foreclosures in Newark.  

After more than two decades under State control, Newark will soon regain local control of its schools. On this live broadcast of Newark Today tonight at 8pm, we will look back and look forward to the course for the state's largest school district. 

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Author and Educator Junius Williams, Essex County College Professor and Attorney Linda McDonald Carter, Essex County Sheriff Armondo Fontoura, and Educator and Interim Director of The Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience, join host NJTV's Michael Hill to discuss how the 1967 Newark Rebellion has impacted New Jersey's largest city.