Rebecca Burns is an In These Times contributing editor and award-winning investigative reporter. Her work has appeared in Bloomberg, the Chicago Reader, ProPublica, The Intercept, and USA Today. Follow her on Twitter @rejburns.
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.
Rebecca Burns
Labor
Car Wash Workers’ L.A. Victory Inspires Chicago Campaign
Rebecca Burns
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.
Rebecca Burns
The Daily Occupation: High-Profile Speakers Must Follow Format
Rebecca Burns
Rick Perry’s Merck-y Motives
Rebecca Burns
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