During more than two decades in Congress, the Democrat has been the only Black woman elected to the House from parts of the ...

Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of California has always stood apart. She was the first Black student to integrate her Southern ...

Following a tense vote on the House floor to re-elect U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker, the Louisiana Republican swore in ...

Congresswoman Bara Lee has spent more than half her life in politics, and her career has come to a stop for now.

Lee, a Chisholm mentee, reflects on the enduring legacy of the history-making congresswoman on her 100th birthday. No one has fought more in Congress to keep alive Shirley Chisholm’s legacy than ...

Elon Musk and President-elect Trump have been expressing their dissatisfaction with House Republicans working to pass a bipartisan bill to fund the government. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., ...

Barbara Lee has always stood ... she has been the only Black woman elected to the House from California’s regions north of Los Angeles. But it was Lee’s lonely 2001 vote as the only lawmaker ...

(Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Lee, a Chisholm mentee ... (1924–2005), Member of the US House of Representatives from New York’s 12th district ...

Elon Musk and President-elect Trump have been expressing their dissatisfaction with House Republicans working to pass a ...