Rebecca Burns

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Rebecca Burns is an award-winning investigative reporter whose work has appeared in Business Insider, the Chicago Reader, the Intercept, ProPublica Illinois, and other outlets.

A group of older women stand on a sidewalk next to a busy street in Minneapolis. The women hold protest signs that say things like "The wrong ICE is melting," "ICE out of USA," and "Immigrants welcome MPLS."

Organizing

Terrorized by ICE, Unable to Pay Rent, Minnesotans Are Getting Ready for a Rent Strike

March 11, 2026 | Sarah Lazare and Rebecca Burns

A tenant organizing push in the Twin Cities has support from labor unions representing more than 25,000 workers.

Three people (with two more barely visible) look up at a gaping hole in a ceiling, with peeling paint and rotted wood. The people are a young woman in yellow T-shirt and Buffalo plaid overshirt, a young woman holding a camera that partly conceals her face, and a middle-aged Black man in a tweed jacket and green button-up shirt.

Tenant Organizing

Striking Tenants Withhold Rent for 247 Days and Win

July 29, 2025 | Rebecca Burns

A victory in Kansas City suggests that the tactics of organized labor can work for tenants.