Lee said she was thankful for the NAACP and the civil rights lawyers for bringing the lawsuit forward with members of Congress as plaintiffs.
Starting, Monday, April 12, those who lost loved ones to COVID-19 will be able to apply for retroactive reimbursements for burial costs of up to $9,000...
“This is a heartbreaking situation that requires a long-term solution as well as urgent action to reunite families,” said Lee, who added that children arriving at...
Lee and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Gwen Moore (WI-04 simultaneously released a letter sent to Vice President Kamala Harris urging...
Sean Broadus and his brother Evan Broadus live near the Gilbert Lindsay Community Center in South Central, Los Angeles, less than 20 minutes from where their...
H.R. 5309 also known as the CROWN (Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair) Act passed in the United States House of Representatives. The...
The first presidential debate on Tuesday night left little room for policy issues as President Donald Trump interrupted Former VP Joe Biden and at times, talked...
Rep. Barbara Lee joined several leaders in Congress and a coalition of grassroots groups, labor unions, and Black, Brown and Indigenous leaders from across the country...
When news broke about Facebook collaborating with data mining companies during the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, it may have broken the dam. Now almost...
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, the first Black woman to serve on a major party’s presidential ticket made history last week when Joe Biden, the Democratic Party’s...
The popular Barbara Lee and Elihu Harris Lecture Series will present Stacey Abrams “Making Your Vote Count” online in an evening that focuses on Dr. Martin...
Seven high school youth leaders from Oakland’s Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center will attend the 2020 Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Alabama March 6- March...
Rep. Barbara Lee married Rev. Dr. Clyde Oden Jr., a pastor on New Year’s Eve in Santa Monica, Calif. with many Bay Area constituents and leaders...
On Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, Rep. Barbara Lee will present the Oakland Citizen Humanitarian Award to Clarissa Doutherd, executive director of Parent Voices Oakland, for her...
As the House of Representatives moves toward impeaching President Donald Trump this week — by what all predict will be a vote divided largely by party...
Senator Harris will also be joined by Representative Barbara Lee On Sunday, September 29, Kamala Harris’ campaign will officially open its first California office in Oakland,...
On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers marched to Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended and slavery was abolished. More than two years...
Last week, the House passed the historic Dream and Promise Act to provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of Dreamers and other immigrants. These young...
Mike Siegel is coming to town on June 15 for an event to build support for his congressional campaign in the Texas 10th Congressional District. The...
On Thursday, Rep. Barbara Lee joined political commentator Angela Rye for a panel discussion at the annual Push Tech 2020 Conference at Google headquarters in Mountain...
Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on May 22 introduced the Inclusive Prosperity Act along with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and more than...
On Monday, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13), Chair of the Majority Leader’s Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity, released the following statement in response to the Trump...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on the passage of the FY2020 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill...
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) formally introduces a bill that she and others hope will help to stop federal agencies from overlooking Black-, other minority-, and...
On Saturday, April 27, Congresswoman Lee held a town hall on race in America in Berkeley. The town hall was co-hosted by Congressman Mark DeSaulnier and...