RACE WAR--A racist chant against Rep. Ilhan Omar by backers of President Donald Trump during a rally in North Carolina Wednesday night was countered by an outpouring of solidarity with the Minnesota congresswoman as progressive activists, members of Congress, and ordinary Americans vowed to continue defending Omar against the right's bigoted and dangerous attacks.

WORLD WATCH--At a time when Albania was expected to make significant progress in its accession talks with the European Union (EU), some member states are unwilling to support the negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH--Over the past several weeks, the brutal terror that immigrants face at the hands of our government has come into even sharper focus. 

SOCIALISM OK FOR OUR ELECTEDS--For $3.5 trillion a year, shouldn’t we Americans have a world-class health care system? Yet while we spend the most of any advanced nation in the world to get care — more than $10,000 a year per person — we get the worst results.

OTHER WORDS-One day in late June 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas. They carried some historic news:

WHEN THEY SEE US: Not long ago, a few southern newspapers offered apologies for having vociferously opposed the civil rights movement.