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

The city will make a "historic investment" over the next 25 years to ensure streets and sidewalks are more accessible to ...

We’re experimenting with a whole new way to get your Oakland news. The Oaklandside is launching a pilot run of Oaklandside ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Declaring that "Californians deserve a strong, progressive leader who has delivered real change," Democratic California Congresswoman Barbara Lee on Tuesday officially announced her entry into the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.