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This March 1, 1969 file photo shows Sen. Fred Harris of Oklahoma at a Democratic party commission meeting in Washington, D.C. Harris, the last surviving member of the Kerner Commission, says he remains haunted that the panel's recommendations on US race relation and poverty were never adopted, but he is hopeful they will be one day. Former U.S. Sen. Fred Harris says 50 years after working on a report to examine the causes of the late 1960s race riots, he strongly feels that poverty and structural racism still enflames racial tensions even as the United States becomes more diverse. ((AP Photo, File)

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Last Kerner panel member haunted, hopeful on race in US

by Russell Contreras Associated PressOctober 10, 2017

FILE - In this June 21, 2016 file photo, traffic make its way along historic Route 66 in downtown Albuquerque, N.M. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is cracking down on so-called sanctuary cities, threatening to keep federal crime-fighting resources from cities ravaged by violence if they don't cooperate with federal immigration authorities. The Justice Department sent letters to Baltimore, Albuquerque, and Stockton and San Bernardino, Calif., telling them they will be ineligible for a new program if they don't step up efforts to help detain and deport those in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

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Sessions targets sanctuary cities

by Sadie Gurman Associated Press, and Russell Contreras Associated PressAugust 3, 2017

In this May 2, 2017 photo, Eric Treene, Special Counsel For Religious Discrimination, Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on responses to the increase in religious hate crimes. Treene lamented the lack of solid data on hate crimes during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in May, saying incomplete numbers stymie officials’ ability to fully understand the problem. But he said the department is committed to prosecuting hate crimes, even as critics have blamed the Trump administration’s tough rhetoric and policies for a spike in such offenses. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Over half of hate crimes in US go unreported, report says

by Sadie Gurman Associated Press, and Russell Contreras Associated PressJune 29, 2017

A protestor of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a burning T-shirt as hundreds of people protest outside a rally for Trump in Albuquerque, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

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Protesters disrupt Trump rally

by Russell Contreras Associated PressMay 25, 2016