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Author: Jackie Roche

Jackie Roche is a cartoonist and illustrator specializing in nonfiction comics about history and the news. Her comics have been published by Fusion, Symbolia in partnership with Pacific Standard, The Cartoon Picayune, and several anthologies, including the forthcoming 'Colonial Comics: New England, 1750 – 1775' (vol. II) and Sweaty Palms. She lives in Chicago, IL.

You May Have Opium For Breakfast

by Jackie Roche

Posted on August 8, 2022September 7, 2022

The food that kept the violent British colonial machine running.

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Jane Jacobs vs. The Power Brokers

by Jackie Roche

Posted on December 6, 2019December 16, 2022

How the patron saint of progressive urban planning’s ideas and ideals were implemented – and corrupted.

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Under God

by Jackie Roche

Posted on November 30, 2018December 17, 2021

Our secular government is all tangled up with God. How did we get here?

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Cruel and Usual: The History of Lethal Injection

by Jackie Roche

Posted on October 1, 2018November 4, 2022

Proponents believe lethal injection to be a medical marvel, but in reality it’s junk science.

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Arlington is More Than a Cemetery

by Jackie Roche

Posted on January 22, 2018January 29, 2023

Arlington House’s transformations mirror our own.

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Socialism: As American As Apple Pie

by Jackie Roche

Posted on August 16, 2017August 4, 2021

After a long exile, Socialism is re-entering the mainstream.

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