Russ Feingold

lives and who dies.Since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, 82% of all executions have taken place in the South. The Northeast accounts for less than 1% of executions. In my research I came across a quote by Senator Russ Feingold addressing the 109th Congress, We simply cannot say we live in a country that offers equal justice to all Americans when racial disparities plague the system by which our society imposes the ultimate punishment."I share this sentiment, and I…

Did you know that only 7,121 people and 5,818 incidents make up the 3% of hate crimes that are reported? SIRS data base reports that a hate crime is defined as a crime that targets an individual, group, or organization because a real or perceived difference in race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or national origin. Despite the many hate groups in America, the government promotes tolerance through legislation and education. The Matthew Shepard Act signed by…

Campaign Finance and the Supreme Court In 1974 Congress passed (and then President Ford signed) a set of Amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. These amendments included prohibiting individuals from donating over a specific amount of money ($1000) to any one campaign, and limited the total contributions to $25,000 for all federal campaigns combined. The amendments also included limiting the amount of money that a candidate could contribute and spend on their own campaign and…

Valarie Lam Evans Humanities II The Death Penalty: is Cruel and Inhumane Imagine a long and sharp needle violently presses into your skin and into your veins. You are struggling to breath and your flow that your heart pumps in slowly starts to halt. You experience this hell for a gruesome seven minutes. Before you take your last breath, you can see your heartbroken and chaotic family screaming through the glass window. Just then, you remember that you are not dying because you deserve it but you…

National Security and its implementations in the United States have caused persistent conflicts between those who want protection and those who want to keep their civil liberties. Moreover, Many citizens were not aware of this conflict prior to the gruesome aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack. This devastation, referred to as 9/11, was the result of an attack on the World Trade Center in New York City and an attack on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. As a result, the United…

Paul Davis Ryan was born on January 29, 1970 in Janesville, Wisconsin and is the youngest of four children of Paul Sr. and Betty. Ryan still lives in Janesville on the same block he grew up on and is married to his wife Janna and has three kids. Ryan is part of the Republican party since 1999 and is serving the first district of Wisconsin and is currently in the role of Speaker of the House. Janesville was established and developed by three main families, the Ryans, Fitzgeralds, and Cullens.…