Gretchen Koch is
a lifelong artist and writer with a background in editorial/political cartooning, who began this blog in 2010
a PhD on
Intuitions surrounding invisible agency and their relationship to cognitive empathy
with experience in
- Content design
- Technical writing
- AI model training
- Quality control
doing special projects on
June 26, 2026
45 Years, or 450: What the T-Word Did to Prairieland
GretchenLet’s imagine that the protest outside the Prairieland detention facility in Alvarado, Texas on July 4, 2025,…
June 26, 2026
May 24, 2026
This Is Not a Big Deal. Relax.
GretchenICE’s Mobile Fortify app turns facial recognition into a street-level surveillance tool aimed at non-citizens…
May 24, 2026
May 24, 2026
ICE’s domestic terrorism problem
GretchenIn all of the horrific stories surrounding the killing of Renee Good by ICE officer…
May 24, 2026
May 24, 2026
The wealthiest man in the world is an illegal immigrant
GretchenA few days ago, J.D. Vance accused Ilhan Omar of “immigration fraud.” She responded in a statement…
May 24, 2026
July 11, 2025
Craven Tigers and Screeching Canaries: How the DHS Uses Bad Data to Fuel Deportations
GretchenThis May, the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology released an updated version of…
July 11, 2025
March 21, 2025
The immigrant physicians sustaining U.S. healthcare
GretchenThe intersection of healthcare and immigration policy is found in the halls of hospitals and…
March 21, 2025