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Rachel Litchman

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Rachel Litchman is a cartoonist, writer, and consultant who primarily covers disability, healthcare, and housing policy. She has comics and writing published in The Washington Post, The Nib, The Disability Debrief, and STAT, to name a few places. You can find her on her website racheldl.com or on Instagram as @racheldlart.

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A black-and-white illustration of the front of a very symmetrical two-story, brick building that was constructed nearly 100 years ago. Two people are shown at the front entrance. One hands a cardboard box to the other, suggesting that someone is moving.
Hidden Housing Histories: Joyce Funeral Home
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October 13, 2025

Living in a 100-year-old ex-funeral home, I uncovered an unusual and dark piece of Madison history.

An illustration colored in shades of purple, black, and white depicts a young woman in a wheelchair looking outside at the landscape of trees and buildings. It is framed at the center of a large, inclusive Pride flag that surrounds the illustration.
QueerCrip Pride from home
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Microtones
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June 27, 2025

What disability can teach us about queer culture, care, and pride.

An excerpt from Solomon Brager's graphic novel "Heavyweight" depicts illustrated versions of old family photos, accompanied by hand-lettered text that reads: "I try to pause, to look at them longer, to keep their faces from disintegrating into pixels…"
Family histories and contemporary violence collide in Solomon Brager’s “Heavyweight”
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April 7, 2025

Brager will discuss their debut graphic novel on April 10 at the Central Library.

A photo shows a large city bus pulling up to a station in the middle of a wide road. The bus is blue and white, and a grey accordion section in the middle joins its two halves. A figure is visible walking down the concrete platform of the station. Sky, tree, and a local coffee shop are visible in the background.
We set out in search of rapid on Metro Transit
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Politics
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September 30, 2024

Ground-level views from the long-awaited arrival of BRT.

Illustration in blue, black, and white of a bus stop with the curb piled high with snow.
Drawing the inaccessible bus stops of Metro Transit, part II
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March 27, 2024

Documenting issues old and new with Madison’s public transit system.

A series of Madison’s “affordable” housing complexes lined up next to each other, with dollar signs hovering in the air above.
Madison’s (un)affordable and (in)accessible housing problem
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January 23, 2024

The hoops and hurdles to accessing affordable housing.

A blue and black drawing of the now-closed West Transfer point, which had benches, and shelter
Drawing the inaccessible bus stops of Metro Transit
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September 6, 2023

A Madison network redesign compounds the poor conditions people with disabilities face on local bus routes.