Last year, Oakland voters recalled Mayor Barbara Lee’s predecessor, Sheng Thao, in large part over boiling frustrations about ...

As a City Council member back then, I supported Measure X and the notion of an independent mayor. I was wrong.

In her first public statements about the bill’s deep cuts to health care and food aid, Lee explains why she stayed quiet ...

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., stands beside a portrait of her friend and mentor, Shirley Chisolm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024.

Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland, a seasoned progressive with more than three decades immersed in California politics, on Wednesday told congressional colleagues she plans to run for Sen ...

From left, Reps. Maxine Waters, Barbara Lee, Jackie Speier and Mark DeSaulnier, all California Democrats, leave the party leadership elections, where Lee was narrowly defeated in her bid for ...

Barbara Lee: My chief of staff Sandré Swanson’s cousin Wanda Green was on Flight 93.I was sitting in the Capitol and had to evacuate and knew that Wanda had gone down—that those brave men and ...

In 2001, Barbara Lee was the only member of congress to vote against the Afghanistan war resolution. We hear how 20 years changed her. Part III of our series.

California’s new senator, Laphonza Butler, is sworn into the Congressional Black Caucus at the U.S. Capitol last week. Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland, second from right, appeared to exude ...

Rep. Barbara Lee on Reliving Sole Anti-Afghanistan War Vote With New Doc: “Very Painful Then and Very Painful Now” "Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth To Power" follows the California representative ...

The third candidate, Rep. Barbara Lee, did not talk about 9/11. Instead, she underlined her belief in Israel “not having to deal with terrorist attacks,” called for a cease-fire between Israel ...

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), shown here in 2020, was the lone member of Congress to vote against authorizing military force in Afghanistan in 2001.