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Commentator Joan Steinau Lester, like many other gays and lesbians, is going to hold her nose and vote for Bill Clinton in November. She's unhappy about the waffling, and the mixed signals he's sent America's gays -- Clinton says he's for equal rights, but he's been cautious about showing it.

While the overwhelming majority of black voters vote Democratic, some feel that the Democratic party takes them for granted and does not address all of their concerns. At the same time, the Republican presidential ticket -- Bob Dole and Jack Kemp -- says it will make a special effort this year to reach out to black voters, who have sometimes been written off by the Republican Party. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

A newly energized labor movement is flexing its muscle at the Democratic convention. The AFL-CIO, especially, has hundreds of delegates in Chicago this week and plans to be more active in this year's elections than it has in a long time. It has already launched a $35 million campaign to help Democrats regain control of Congress and is buoyed by the recent passage of a new law raising the minimum wage. NPR's Cheryl Devall reports.

The Federal Election Commission is giving twelve and a half million dollars each to the Republicans and Democrats for their national nominating conventions. But that public funding is matched, or exceeded, by what corporations are spending on the conventions. The exact amount may not be known until after the fall elections. These private contributions often take the form of donations to convention host committees and unregulated gifts of goods and services to the political parties. Some political observers wonder if private spending is buying influence beyond the reach of most voters. From Chicago, N-P-R's Cheryl Devall reports.

There's nobody named Peggy Sue — or even a Margaret or a Susan, for that matter — in the British folk-rock band. But there is a young trio comfortable with plugging in and evoking macabre moods. Singers Rosa Slade and Katy Young explain.

A South Carolina court has ordered the Atlantic Coast Conference to turn over documents about its agreements with ESPN that Clemson has requested in its lawsuit against the conference.

-Susan speaks with William Boone, Chairman of the political science department at Clark-Atlanta University in Georgia, and Ronald Walters, professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Maryland about African American loyalty to the democratic party.

The Air Force says it's disciplining 15 members following it's investigation of Jack Teixeira, an Air National Guardsman accused of classified leaks online.

President Obama announced the defense secretary's resignation Monday morning. Chuck Hagel clashed with White House adviser Susan Rice on Syria policy, and he never made it into Obama's inner circle.

When President Obama was elected in 2008, Kenyans rejoiced. U.S.-Kenya relations have had ups and downs since then. Kenyans now eagerly await Obama's first presidential visit to his father's homeland.