Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes is running alongside 11 other Democrats for the Wisconsin Senate seat currently held by Republican Ron Johnson, who has yet to announce a run for reelection. Addressing this inequality became the driving force of Collins’s education and career. She earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from Spelman College, a master's in Urban Teacher Leadership from Georgia State University, and a law degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law, which she pursued in order to obtain a deeper understanding of education policy. She’s worked as a teacher in the Atlanta Public Schools system and a policy clerk analyzing national education issues for the Children’s Defense Fund, and currently she is a senior program and community director for Jumpstart, an education-focused nonprofit. connects to the challenges the realities of today. In 2019 alone, there have been was introduced by several members of the House of Representatives, including Deb Haaland, one of the first Native women elected to Congress. If passed, the act would rescind the medals of honor awarded to the soldiers who carried out the Wounded Knee Massacre.