There's "a change a-comin'." It's gonna be big, huge. Think China earthquake; think tsunami. Like an earthquake it's going to shake the foundations of US political life from the ground up.

An unprecedented discussion is sweeping the country about how to change direction for the common good. Tens of thousands of union members are knocking on the doors of millions of co-workers and their families to talk about the issues.

Dozens of women's, health care, religious, civil rights, and labor organizations are protesting proposed new Department of Health and Human Services’ draft regulations that could significantly limit women’s access to basic reproductive health services, including some of the most common forms of birth control.

In the face of the latest disturbing economic news, congressional Democrats are crafting a second stimulus package, according to AFSCME's GreenLine Blog. Discussions on how to proceed with a new stimulus package began this week with meetings between Democratic leaders and economists.

Today's news reports Jesse Jackson using the "n" word. Jackson in Spain issued another apology. The politics of distraction unfortunately continue. Last week, John McCain had a bad week, only no one knew it. From fumbling the names of football teams (in Pittsburgh he claimed he repeated the names of the front line of the Steelers when a POW instead of the usual team) to his campaign co-chair accusing the working poor of “whining” and being in a "mental recession," McCain should have faced tough questions on veracity, character and judgment.

Ever wonder why health care policy hasn't changed much in close to 40 years? One big reason is the amount of money the big pharmaceutical companies pour into Washington each year, into the pockets of politicians like John McCain, to maintain the status quo or to win new benefits for them.

Double talk or simply uninformed? This week when a reporter asked Republican nominee John McCain whether it was fair for insurance companies to cover Viagra but not prescription contraceptives, John McCain awkwardly paused and then said, “I don’t know enough about it to give you an informed answer.”

Democratic candidate Barack Obama's June 19 announcement that he would not accept public financing in the presidential race prompted a media furor.

In the wake of the widespread U.S. sub-prime mortgage crisis, speculative funds began to flow into the oil and grains markets, pushing up their prices. The trend is so powerful that it is very difficult to keep these moves under control. Observing this situation, some economic analysts are saying, “Capitalism is reaching its limits.”

The idea that John McCain will pick up women voters who backed Clinton is "mythology" and a "pipe dream," said Ellen Malcolm, president of Emily's List, a women voter's organization that had strongly endorsed Hillary Clinton in the primaries.

As the reader is probably aware, California’s Supreme Court overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage on May 15 of this year, joining Massachusetts as the only other state in the union to offer full marriage rights to same-sex couples. The decision is set to take effect on June 16.

The New Deal government represented new forces and politics. It operated through the Democratic Party. It made the Democrats as a party the majority party of the country, something they had not been since before the Civil War.

David Brooks (the NYT's ultra-conservative mouth piece) has written an open letter to the presidential candidates (Dear Senators Obama, Clinton and McCain) which appeared 5-30-2008 ["The Reality Situation"].

Prominent New Dealer, Rexford Guy Tugwell, author of The Battle for Democracy, was a "brain truster" or policy advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt and served under Department of Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace. Tugwell was typical of the “new people” who had come to Washington in 1933 with Roosevelt’s election.

As civil rights activists in the US prepare to defend the recent landmark California State Supreme Court ruling overturning a state ban on gay marriage against a Republican Party-led backlash, Cuba is launching a campaign to combat homophobia in that island country.

A poll conducted in the key battleground state of Florida shows Republican presidential nominee John McCain winning no more than 44% of the vote against either Democratic presidential frontrunner Barack Obama or Sen. Hillary Clinton.

In a recent essay on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s advocacy for peace, titled "Vocation of Agony: A Personal Meditation on Dr. King's Legacy," Rev. Osagyefo Sekou elaborated a stirring call for deep moral change in America.

In a brief but stirring commemorative speech in Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 4, on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the 40th anniversary of his assassination, Democratic presidential frontrunner Barack Obama recalled the civil rights leader's courage, his eloquence, and his leadership ability.

As the economic crisis deepens and Republican nominee Sen. John McCain (AZ) admits he doesn’t “know much about economics,” voters, especially working-class voters, are looking for a change from Bush-style politics and leadership that will actually address economic issues.

At its quarterly national committee meeting this past weekend, the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) called for a landslide in the November 4th elections to defeat John McCain and strengthening the Democratic Party majorities in Congress.