Rebecca Burns is In These Times’ housing editor and an award-winning investigative reporter. Her work has appeared in Business Insider, the Chicago Reader, the Intercept, ProPublica Illinois and other outlets.
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How Green Is the Green Economy?
Four environmental organizers and researchers examine the 'green jobs' buzz.
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Dispatch
Mexican American Studies Suspension: A Teachable Moment in Tucson
Some educators and students refuse to accept a new curriculum ban in Arizona.
Rebecca Burns
Vermont Voters Endorse Challenge to Corporate Personhood
Rebecca Burns
Senate Defeats Rollback of Reproductive Rights
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WikiLeaks: New Document Release Targets ‘Shadow CIA’ Intel Firm
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Palestinian Detainee Khader Adnan Agrees to End Hunger Strike
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Dispatch
2014 World Cup Match: FIFA-1, Brazil-?
The wealthy international soccer organization forces tax and labor-law exemptions on the next host of the games.
Rebecca Burns
Feature
Fighting for Gender Equality in Iraq
Yanar Mohammed says the U.S. invasion and occupation hurt women's rights.
Rebecca Burns
G-8/NATO: Ahead of Vote on Controversial Ordinances, Chicago Grants First Permits
Rebecca Burns
Dispatch
Haitians to U.N.: Please Leave
Amid allegations of serious abuses, a growing number of Haitians want peacekeeping forces out of their country.
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Labor
Car Wash Workers’ L.A. Victory Inspires Chicago Campaign
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The Daily Occupation: Do Demands for Free Speech Advance the Occupy Movement?
Rebecca Burns
Dispatch
Patents vs. Public Health
India's Supreme Court could determine the fate of the country's generic drug industry—and its sick poor.
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The Daily Occupation: High-Profile Speakers Must Follow Format
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Rick Perry’s Merck-y Motives
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