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Hate crime laws lack uniformity across the U.S., …

This March 20, 2021 file photo shows U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., and Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaking during a "stop Asian hate" rally outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. (Ben Gray/Associated Press)

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At least 160 Confederate symbols taken down last year, …

In this July 7, 2020, file photo, crews attach straps to the statue Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va. At least 160 Confederate symbols were taken down or moved from public spaces in 2020. That's according to a new count the Southern Poverty Law Center shared with The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Hate groups become more difficult to track as they move …

In this Sept. 7, 2020, file photo, a protester carries a Proud Boys banner, a right-wing group, while other members start to unfurl a large U.S. flag in front of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. (Andrew Selsky/Associated Press)

Founder of neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer accused of ignoring …

In this July 11, 2019 file photo, Tanya Gersh, a Montana real estate agent, embraces her father Lloyd Rosenstein following a hearing at the Russell Smith Federal Courthouse in Missoula. Mont. (Ben Allen/The Missoulian via AP, File)

2 Fathers Say Their Children Were Abused at Foster Homes …

U.S. Border Patrol agents take a father and son from Honduras into custody near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 near Mission, Texas.(Credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

White House Adviser Stephen Miller Pushed for Racist Immigration …

Senior adviser Stephen Miller attends a cabinet meeting at the White House on Aug. 16, 2018. (Credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Hand Gesture for ‘OK’ Now Considered a Hate Symbol, Anti-Defamation …

A man makes the "OK" sign in this undated photo. (Credit: John Rudoff/AFP/Getty Images via CNN)

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Migrants Who Followed Instructions to Wait in Mexico …

Migrants, mostly from Mexico, are pictured sitting on the ground waiting near the Paso del Norte Bridge at the Mexico-US border, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on September 12, 2019. (Credit: PAUL RATJE/AFP/Getty Images)

Federal Judge in San Francisco Scrutinizes Trump’s …

Jose Martinez and his son, Jonathan Martinez, both of whom are from Honduras, join other migrants, most of whom are part of a recently arrived caravan, at a migrant hostel in Piedras Negras, Mexico, as they wait to apply for asylum in to the United States on Feb. 9, 2019. (Credit: Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Georgia Police Sergeant Fired For Flying Confederate …