Progressive icon and former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee is the new mayor of troubled Oakland, California, a city she represented for more than two decades in Congress ...

The former congresswoman, a progressive Democrat, campaigned on a promise to unite residents in the beleaguered California ...

Barbara Lee declared victory Saturday in the race to be Oakland’s next mayor. In a statement, Lee said the results are clear that Oaklanders have chosen her to be the city’s next leader. Her statement ...