News, Features, Reviews and other Writing
Rachel has long been drawn to writing and journalism. In college, she wrote for the Columbia Spectator and the Barnard Bulletin, and interned at her hometown newspaper, The Wilton Bulletin. After graduating from Barnard, she worked as an assistant editor at Stagebill magazine in New York City. During graduate school, she interned at several media outlets, including CNN's Chicago bureau and the News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.). Since then, she has written freelance articles for In These Times, The Jakarta Post, Inter Press Service (Africa bureau), and Brittanica.com, among others. Selected Articles: Genocide's Deadly ResidueInTheFray.com (2004)Amnesty Via the Airwaves
Inter Press Service (2004)Condoms Take a Back Seat to Abstinence with U.S. AIDS Money
Inter Press Service (2004)A Price Above Rubies
Inter Press Service (2004)The New Face of AIDS in UgandaInter Press Service (2004)Can the Gacaca Courts Deliver Justice?Inter Press Service (2004)Women Survivors of the Rwandan Genocide Face Grim RealitiesInter Press Service (2004)Strange Days in Nias
Bootsnall.com (2004)
Loan sharks: Indonesians Protest the IMFIn These Times (2003)In and Around Bukittinggi, West Sumatra
The Jakarta Post (2003)Book Review—Sexual Politics in Indonesia The Jakarta Post (2003) Here We Go Again: U.S. Considers Renewing Military Ties to IndonesiaIn These Times (2002)Book Review - The Price of Dissent: Testimonies to Political Repression in America Lip MagazinePixel Visions: The Resurgence of Video ActivismLip Magazine Feminists on FilmIn These Times This Free Sample is Hard to Give AwayBritannica.comPediatrician Demystifies the Mysterious Learning ProcessNews & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Indymedia Mobilizes for the Sequel to SeattleAlternet
And Some Unpublished Gems!
Making a Scene
Originally commissioned by Chicago's Bridge Magazine in 2004, this is an essay about the music and cultural scene in Wicker Park. The editor mysteriously dropped out of contact after approving my revisions...
Uganda's Domestic Relations Bill
This was an article for Women's E-News in 2003. Unfortunately, the legislation languished in the Ugandan parliament, and the article was never published.