November 23, 2009 – 7:11 pm
Oakland’s congressional representative Barbara Lee stepped up her calls to end U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.
October 31, 2008 – 6:18 pm
By KRISTINE WONG
Oct. 30 – Decades ago, Barbara Lee—now the outspoken Democratic congresswoman from the East Bay–deliberately chose not to register to vote. As a Mills College student in 1972, Lee was required to work for one of the presidential campaigns, or risk failing a class.
“For the first time, I said ‘I’m going to flunk [...]