Barbara Lee bill would push states to roll back criminal HIV laws
San Jose Mercury News, May 9, 2013

California and other states would be pressured to amend or repeal criminal laws that single out HIV-positive people under a bipartisan bill co-authored and introduced this week by Rep. Barbara Lee. Lee, D-Oakland, said 32 states and two U.S. territories have laws that criminalize exposing another person to HIV even if the virus isn't actually transmitted. And 36 states have reported at least... READ MORE

On Our Watch
Huffington Post, April 30, 2013

As we gather to mark April as Genocide Awareness month, to recognize atrocities across the world and throughout history, it's important not just to recognize the past, but to learn from it. READ MORE

Rep. Barbara Lee: Repeal AUMF to stop 'this state of perpetual war'
Raw Story, April 24, 2013

Rep. Barbara Lee on Wednesday called for the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) to be repealed. "I'm convinced that if we do not repeal this authorization to use force that I voted against in 2001, we are going to see this state of perpetual war forever," she told Current TV's John Fugelsang. (VIDEO) READ MORE