Tea Troutman

This year, the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of the American settler colonial project.

Gerrymandering: the intentional redrawing of the boundaries of electoral districts to create an unfair political advantage for one party or group. On 29 April 2026, a SCOTUS ruling struck down Louisiana's congressional district map. A ruling that ultimately resulted in the gutting of the landmark Voting Rights Act. The court's 6-3 decision in Louisiana v.

Plantocracy: (Noun) A government or political system that consists of a small, moneyed ruling class overseeing a large population of servants, slaves, or serfs; descriptive of any period of slavery and indentureship, particularly that of the early American South.