Barbara Lee: “I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment…”

In 2010 it began to be used widely, primarily by Black Americans to bring awareness to social inequities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBTQ+ rights. Today, the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines ``woke'' as ``aware of…

When you look at Donald Trump, who is a pathological liar, when you look at the fact that he wants to dismantle our democracy and establish a dictatorship, when you look at - and I was sitting on the floor of Congress on January 6th, that…

Gun violence has stolen the life of a man who dedicated himself to building up the young people of this city. We cannot accept this. We cannot let guns continue flooding our streets and destroying the very people trying to save our…

Coach Beam spent four decades lifting up Oakland and mentoring our young people. Now we must honor his memory by continuing the hard work of ridding our community of gun violence. We owe it to every family shattered by this gun violence…