The more senior you are, the more power your state has. In the Senate, where every state, regardless of size, has two votes each, those two...
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives on Monday to honor Mrs. Daisy Murray, a San Leandro resident, upon her...
“As I understand it,” said conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Mississippi Solicitor in cross examination, “You’re arguing that the Constitution is silent and neutral on...
Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) joined Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) and other progressive colleagues in calling on President Biden to live up to his campaign promises...
"In a world where the threat of terrorism cannot be ignored, hopefully we will learn the lessons from the past two decades and not repeat our...
All ye news consumers are probably thinking more about Afghanistan in these last two weeks than at any point in the last 20 years.
It is time to fight these recall efforts and ensure our leaders can focus on the issues that matter for the health, safety, and welfare of...
The people of Afghanistan are facing a terrible tragedy. It is crucial that we ensure the safe evacuation of Americans and allies, including our Afghan allies....
They also have met with other civil rights icons, elected officials, and leaders of community, faith-based and labor organizations to learn first-hand history of the civil...
This pandemic is not over. With the dangerous Delta variant spreading widely, low-income communities — especially Black and Brown communities—are still at risk of losing their homes and ending...
“This is more crucial now than ever because evictions will not only leave families without a roof over their head, it has the potential to worsen...
Lee’s celebration took place at Mills College Student Union, where, in part, Lee’s political career began.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) applauded the announcement that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will...
The bill also creates new, robustly funded grants and partnerships to help states with clean-up and remediation efforts. To prevent future contamination, the bill introduces stricter...
Joined by members of the Congressional Black Caucus and cosponsors of H.R. 2116, the CROWN Act, the signers request FINA evaluate how barriers to participation, like...
Assembly District 18 includes most of Oakland, San Leandro and Alameda. About 65% of voters there are Democrat, according to the Public Policy Institute of California....
The expanded Child Tax Credit will provide $3,000 for children ages 6-17 and $3,600 for children under 6. For the first time, families can receive the...
Whether it was Paul Mooney, Faye Carroll, Sugar Pie or Jay-Z performing or whether it was Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Mayor Elihu Harris, or Kamala Harris along...
The three-day conference was divided into a total of six morning and afternoon plenary lectures and attendees had access to their choice of 55 seminars and...
“Our fight for justice will carry on in Mr. Floyd’s honor, and it will not stop until all Black lives matter.
As the U.S. grapples with the horrific impacts of COVID-19, the Asian-American community is also facing an alarming rise in anti-Asian violent attacks and discrimination.
I was particularly struck seeing the Bay Area represented on the dais by Vice President Harris and Speaker Pelosi. That was the first time in history...
Congresswoman Lee will join with local faith-based organizations, community health centers, and other groups to campaign for the East Bay community to get vaccinated.
Lee noted that Black and Brown folks are dealing with what Carey calls “vaccine wisdom” in light of medical experiments in Tuskegee and others.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has created a childcare crisis on top of a public health crisis. Child-care providers are almost entirely women and 40% are people of color. Providing...