All 108 articles by Rebecca Burns
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Features
It’s Not Easy Being Blue and Green
Labor and environmentalists face off over the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Uprising
How Chicago Workers Went From Occupation to Cooperative
“Today, you’re going to see 18 people cutting a ribbon together—should be interesting,”... more »
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Act Locally
Can Co-ops Save Unions?
Labor-cooperative partnerships may herald a new strategy for labor--if they can get off the ground.
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Uprising
Corporations Are Not Bad People: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today struck a serious blow to corporate accountability for human rights abuses. The nine justices... more »
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Uprising
Indiana University On Strike Against Tuition Hikes
Indiana University, home of downtrodden basketball fans, is currently playing host to a prouder legacy. Yesterday, students and... more »
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Uprising
Newark Students Walk Out Over School Closings: Is a Bigger Fightback on the Way?
At high schools across Newark, New Jersey today, students walked out of their classes in protest of school... more »
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Uprising
Margaret Thatcher’s Socialized Afterlife
In times of austerity, even the Thatcher estate is tightening its belt. The Iron Lady, who died at... more »
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Uprising
Patents v. People Power
Healthcare campaigners today are celebrating a ruling by the Indian Supreme Court that will have broad implications for... more »
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Features
Domestic Insurgents
In organizing domestic workers, a feat once thought impossible, Al-jen Poo has transformed the labor movement.
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Features
Is Life Without Parole Any Better Than the Death Penalty?
Maryland is poised to be the 18th state to abolish capital punishment, in favor of lifetime imprisonment.
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Uprising
Pencils Down: Faced With Mass Closings, Chicago School Activists Mull a Testing Revolt
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) officials announced today that they are preparing to close 61 schools this year, mostly in... more »
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Act Locally
Shot, Then Shut Out
Chicago's most crime-ridden neighborhoods have no access to trauma care.
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Uprising
The ‘Problem’ With Social Media in Steubenville
As soon as the “guilty” verdict was handed down yesterday in the Steubenville, Ohio sexual assault... more »
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Act Locally
VAWA: A Victory for Women—But Which Women?
Advocates cheer the renewal of Violence Against Women Act after a 500-day delay, but question its approach.
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Uprising
We Visually Render the 99%
When more than 400 visual effects artists staged a demonstration against outsourcing in their industry during the Academy Awards... more »
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The Frontlines of Feminism
Is the end of the combat exclusion rule a win for all women?
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Uprising
The Global Anti-Violence Dance Party
In Bangladesh today, schoolgirls are forming human chains to protest gender-based violence. Indians are continuing to build momentum... more »
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Features
Israel and Palestine: One State or Two?
Debating the meaning of the U.N. Resolution to recognize Palestine.
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Uprising
Winning the Whale Wars
If you’re like my roommate and me, at some point the Animal Planet show “Whale... more »
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Uprising
A ‘New Conversation’ on Gay Marriage?
The New York Times has an interesting article about the Institute for American Values’ “Call for... more »
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Uprising
Vital Signs: Shaming Shell; the Future of Idle No More
Chief Spence Ends Hunger Strike: This Thursday, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence agreed to end her 42-day hunger strike.... more »
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Act Locally
Prison Prep School
'Zero-tolerance' and 'tough-on-crime' policies put students in a school-to-prison pipeline.
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Uprising
On Roe Anniversary, Anti-Abortion Group Protested by Crazier Anti-Abortion Group
As the landmark Roe v. Wade decision turns 40 today, a predictable array of anti-abortion protesters are hitting the... more »
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Uprising
Farmers vs. Monsanto, Round 2
Dozens of small farmers and their supporters have traveled to Washington, DC today to ask the U.S.... more »
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Uprising
Environmentalisms of the Poor
For the environmental movement, 2013 is shaping up to be a touchstone year. It's one that will test... more »
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Features
Supermax Showdown
AFSCME wants Illinois' Tamms Correctional Center to stay open. Activists want it closed.
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Features
The War on Trafficking
Will California's crackdown do more harm than good?
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Uprising
One Month into Hunger Strike, Injured Colombian Worker Says He Won’t Stop Until GM Negotiates
When asked how he felt, a month into his hunger strike, former Colombian General Motors worker Jorge Parra... more »
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Uprising
Banking on Detention: Demonstrators Call on Wells Fargo to Divest from Private Prisons
After Ancelma’s husband was deported to Mexico, she found herself unable to close a bank account... more »
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Features
Debating Intervention in Syria
Should we arm the rebels?
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Uprising
Charity or Mutual Aid?: A Conversation with Organizers of the ‘Rolling Jubilee’
Occupy is back in the media's good graces with two big relief efforts—one to aid... more »
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Uprising
After Failed Death Penalty Repeal, California Could See Spate of Executions
In the California county that houses the nation's largest death row, voters overwhelmingly endorsed an end to... more »
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Features
You Are Not A Loan
Is a debt strike the future of Occupy?
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Uprising
Two-Day General Strike Fails to Derail Austerity in Greece
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has secured the votes needed to pass a sweeping austerity package, according to... more »
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Uprising
Marriage Equality, DREAM Movements Win Big at the Ballot Box
Should the rights of marginalized groups be put to a popular vote? Though ballot initiatives and referendums were... more »
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The ITT List
Election Day Live Updates
E-Day has arrived. As of 10:05 p.m. on Monday night, numbers geek Nate Silver was clocking President Obama'...
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Uprising
Monsanto’s Millions Turn the Tide Against GMO Labeling Effort
Though surveys show that more than 90 percent of Americans believe that the government should require labeling of genetically... more »
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Uprising
Jill Stein Arrested After Aiding Keystone XL Blockade
UPDATE: According to Tar Sands Blockade, Stein was released this afternoon on a Class B Misdemeanor Criminal Trespass... more »
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Uprising
As Canadians Protest Tar Sands, Texas Tree Blockaders Get the Run-Around from TransCanada
As activists in East Texas continue to blockade the construction path of the Keystone XL pipeline’s... more »
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Uprising
How Damning is the Change at Change.org?
Earlier this week, my colleague Lindsay Beyerstein wrote about the changing course of the online petition site Change... more »
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Uprising
Food Movement, Meet Labor Movement
Though the food movement has expanded rapidly during the past decade, there’s much to rue about... more »
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Uprising
The World Food Prize Gets Occupied
Far from the New York Stock Exchange, Occupy protesters this week are turning their attention toward another center... more »
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Uprising
Fanning the Flames of Debt Resistance
Following a weekend of coordinated global demonstrations against austerity, Occupy Wall Street is rolling out a series of ... more »
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Uprising
Iran’s Non-Tahrir Moment
The political class is cheering that, as the economy continues its tailspin and basic needs become unaffordable, the... more »
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Features
In Person: Sister Activist
Simone Chapman leads Nuns on the Bus, who lobby for social and economic justice (and plague Paul Ryan).
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Features
Race v. Class
What kind of affirmative action is worth fighting for?
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Uprising
After Quebec Elections, Red Squares Rise Again
After successfully beating back a 75% tuition hike, Quebec’s students are preparing to head back to the... more »
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Features
Deferred Action: the Stuff of DREAMs?
Amidst high hopes, activists wonder whether deferred action will provide relief for undocumented youth--or cause more problems.
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Uprising
Housing Activists Take Aim at Fannie and Freddie
As Senate Democrats this week introduced a bill they say would help struggling homeowners refinance their mortgages, housing... more »
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Working
Charter Schools Stay Open During Strike, But Solidarity Lurks Inside
For the second day in a row on Tuesday, tens of thousands of Chicago Teachers Union members and...
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