Suzy Khimm

Suzy Khimm

Reporter

Suzy Khimm was a reporter in the Washington bureau of Mother Jones from March 2010 until June 2011. Previously a staff member at the New Republic, she has also contributed to the Economist, Newsweek, Slate, Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal Asia, the Christian Science Monitor, and Los Angeles Times. From 2006-2007, Suzy was an Associate Editor for the English-language Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She also spent two years in Rio de Janeiro, reporting on urban violence in Brazil’s prisons and shantytowns. Suzy received her BA in literature from Yale University.

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If Georgia Drives Away Immigrant Workers, Will Its Economy Suffer?
Fri Jun. 24, 2011 6:15 AM EDT

Will the Feds Deport Jose Antonio Vargas?
Wed Jun. 22, 2011 6:50 PM EDT

Nikki Haley’s Arizona-Style Immigration Crackdown
Wed Jun. 22, 2011 8:37 AM EDT

Man Robs Bank of $1 To Get Health Care in Prison
Tue Jun. 21, 2011 2:56 PM EDT

Combating Fraud—or Suppressing the Vote?
Mon Jun. 20, 2011 2:34 PM EDT

House GOP Puts Food Aid, Food Safety on Chopping Block
Fri Jun. 17, 2011 2:44 PM EDT

The Dems' Plan B for Medicare
Thu Jun. 16, 2011 11:27 AM EDT

Audit Debunks GOP's Latest "ObamaCare" Conspiracy
Wed Jun. 15, 2011 9:55 AM EDT

Why Killing Bin Laden Won't Save Obama
Wed Jun. 15, 2011 8:56 AM EDT

Obama's Real Deficit Reduction Problem
Wed Jun. 8, 2011 8:42 AM EDT

Has Chris Christie Set a New Low for Medicaid?
Tue Jun. 7, 2011 10:55 AM EDT

What Good are Polls on RyanCare?
Thu Jun. 2, 2011 8:00 AM EDT

The GOP Targets Food Safety (Again!)
Tue May. 31, 2011 8:44 AM EDT

The GOP Attack on Medicaid: More Ammo for Dems?
Fri May. 27, 2011 9:14 AM EDT

Will Anybody Make the Case for Medicare Reform?
Thu May. 26, 2011 11:14 AM EDT

Biden Vows to Find $1 Trillion in Budget Cuts
Wed May. 25, 2011 11:12 AM EDT

The GOP's Medicare Defectors
Tue May. 24, 2011 9:54 AM EDT

Crossroads GPS's New Target: Health Care Waivers
Thu May. 19, 2011 12:04 PM EDT

Gingrich, Pawlenty Perpetuate Health Waiver Myth
Wed May. 18, 2011 10:27 AM EDT

Debunking the Right's Health Waiver Conspiracy
Tue May. 17, 2011 1:45 PM EDT

The Democrats' Medicare Problem
Fri May. 13, 2011 5:00 AM EDT

Dem Campaign Ad: "I Have Issues! I'm Korean."
Thu May. 12, 2011 1:21 PM EDT

Why Aren't More Dems Supporting Peace Corps Rape Victims?
Wed May. 11, 2011 10:21 AM EDT

Obama and Immigration Reform: Politics or Policy?
Tue May. 10, 2011 6:00 AM EDT

DCCC Urges Supporters to Protest GOP Town Halls
Mon May. 9, 2011 2:30 PM EDT

GOP Still Trying to Fundraise Off the Ryan Plan
Fri May. 6, 2011 10:25 AM EDT

Graham: "Independent" Authority Should Have Confirmed Osama's Death
Tue May. 3, 2011 12:30 PM EDT

GOP Message: Bin Laden's Death Vindicates Bush and Torture
Tue May. 3, 2011 11:39 AM EDT

How Do Americans Really Feel About RyanCare?
Thu Apr. 28, 2011 10:20 AM EDT

"Birther King": Still More Questions About Obama's Past
Wed Apr. 27, 2011 9:23 AM EDT

Sen. Jim DeMint's Push to Unseat Sherrod Brown
Tue Apr. 26, 2011 11:26 AM EDT

Dems Warn Constituents About the Evils of RyanCare
Fri Apr. 22, 2011 5:01 AM EDT

All Dems Opposing Medicare Panel Have Major Industry Ties
Wed Apr. 20, 2011 11:58 AM EDT

Dems: GOP Will Make Grandpa Strip for Health Care Cash
Tue Apr. 19, 2011 10:06 AM EDT

Lobbyists: Obamacare’s Awful! (But Take Advantage of It Anyway)
Mon Apr. 18, 2011 10:06 AM EDT

Rising Dem Opposition to Key Part of Obama’s Deficit Plan
Fri Apr. 15, 2011 12:45 PM EDT

Obama Leaves House Dems Out in the Cold. Should He?
Thu Apr. 14, 2011 11:46 AM EDT

Next Up: GOPers Dig Into Social Security
Wed Apr. 13, 2011 11:12 AM EDT

Obama's Upcoming Deficit Speech Leaves Dems "Scrambling"
Mon Apr. 11, 2011 2:20 PM EDT

How Many Republicans Will Vote Against the 2011 Budget?
Mon Apr. 11, 2011 11:16 AM EDT

What Social Issues "Truce"?
Fri Apr. 8, 2011 10:16 AM EDT

So Conservatives Now (Heart) Rationing?
Thu Apr. 7, 2011 10:16 AM EDT

Will the Public Blame Paul Ryan if There's a Shutdown?
Wed Apr. 6, 2011 12:14 PM EDT

The Elderly: Paying the Price for Ryan's Plan
Wed Apr. 6, 2011 8:30 AM EDT

Government Shutdown: Deal or No Deal?
Tue Apr. 5, 2011 2:11 PM EDT

Is Medicaid More Popular Than Washington Thinks?
Tue Apr. 5, 2011 10:04 AM EDT

Rick Scott Slashes Support for the Disabled
Fri Apr. 1, 2011 12:21 PM EDT

Paul Ryan's $1 Trillion Plan to Slash and Burn Medicaid
Thu Mar. 31, 2011 9:35 AM EDT

Does Rick Scott's Drug-Testing Policy Violate the 4th Amendment?
Tue Mar. 29, 2011 10:04 AM EDT

The GOP's Russell Pearce Problem
Fri Mar. 25, 2011 8:23 AM EDT

Kris Kobach, Nativist Son

The legal mastermind behind the wave of anti-immigration laws sweeping the country.

March/April 2012 Issue

Obama DREAMs On

The DREAM Act is dead in Congress, but the White House is quietly moving to limit deportations of certain undocumented immigrants.

Mon Jun. 27, 2011 5:00 AM EDT

Will Obama Sue States Copying Arizona's Immigration Law?

Alabama and other states have passed harsh new measures. But so far, the White House is staying on the sidelines.

Fri Jun. 24, 2011 5:00 AM EDT

Allen West: One-Term Congressman?

Why the qualities that have made him a rising tea party star are exactly what could cut his congressional career short.

Wed Jun. 15, 2011 5:00 AM EDT

The Daily Caller's Faux Health Reform Scandal

How a series of spurious stories by Tucker Carlson's outfit fueled the right's latest Obama offensive.

Tue Jun. 7, 2011 5:04 AM EDT

The GOP's Real Budget Hatchet Man

No, it's not Paul Ryan.

Wed May. 25, 2011 5:00 AM EDT

Paul Ryan: Secret Union Lover?

The GOP lawmaker's generally anti-union track record has one outlier: a pro-labor law that affects his family's construction company.

Thu May. 5, 2011 5:00 AM EDT

GOP's Kinder, Gentler Medicaid Gutting

A less draconian GOP plan that actually has a chance of passing.

Wed May. 4, 2011 5:00 AM EDT

The GOP's Jail Sell

In the name of balanced budgets, Republican governors and legislators are pushing controversial plans to privatize prisons.

Wed Apr. 27, 2011 2:01 AM EDT

Republicans: Let's Cut Social Security, Too

Will House Republicans support their Senate colleagues' plan for major Social Security cuts? Some already do.

Thu Apr. 14, 2011 2:01 AM EDT

The Dems' Deficit Reduction Balancing Act

The president's reported embrace of deficit-cutting recommendations Democrats once attacked leaves his party scrambling to adjust.

Tue Apr. 12, 2011 3:15 PM EDT

No Shutdown For Now

What happened at the 11th hour of the budget debate.

Fri Apr. 8, 2011 5:00 PM EDT

The GOP's (Latest) Budget Blame Game

As a shutdown looms, the fingers point.

Thu Apr. 7, 2011 5:00 PM EDT

Budget Blowback

Boehner and Co. introduce a controversial 2012 budget plan as a government shutdown looms over this year's funding. What could possibly go wrong?

Wed Apr. 6, 2011 2:01 AM EDT

Is GOP Medicare Ploy a Gift, or a Trap?

How Democrats could win the battle—but lose the war—on entitlements.

Tue Apr. 5, 2011 2:01 AM EDT

Bachmann vs. Palin: Who's the Better 2012 Candidate?

And the winner is...

Fri Apr. 1, 2011 2:01 AM EDT

Rick Scott's Medicaid Overhaul to Benefit…Rick Scott?

Florida's governor is pushing a privatization plan that could be a major boon for health care companies. Like his.

Fri Mar. 25, 2011 2:01 AM EDT

Death By a Single GOP Cut?

The scary consequences of slashing the CDC's immunization funding.

Mon Mar. 21, 2011 2:01 AM EDT

GOP Cuts: A "Guillotine Job" on the Special Olympics

Add disabled kids to the growing list of vulnerable Americans who could suffer the fallout from the budget battle.

Thu Mar. 10, 2011 3:01 AM EST

These GOP Budget Cuts Might Make You Puke (or Worse)

How food safety could fall victim to the Republicans' budget-slashing mania.

Wed Mar. 9, 2011 3:01 AM EST

Libya: Oil Industry Group Opposes Obama's Sanctions

A lobbying outfit that represents Halliburton and other US companies says the administration is pursuing a "failed strategy."

Fri Mar. 4, 2011 3:01 AM EST

Medicaid Roulette

If the GOP has its way, states could take full control over health care for the poor. (Snip, snip.)

Wed Mar. 2, 2011 2:55 AM EST

Confessions of an Ex-Qaddafi Lobbyist

What's it like to flack for a notorious despot?

Wed Feb. 23, 2011 6:00 AM EST

The GOP's Medicaid Ambush

In the budget battle, Republicans see an opening to roll back health care for the poor.

Thu Feb. 17, 2011 6:00 AM EST

Jeff Flake's Immigration Problem

The Arizona Republican has been a leading moderate voice on immigration, drawing fire from his party's right flank. Will he survive a Senate primary?

Wed Feb. 16, 2011 6:00 AM EST

Obama's Road to Nowhere?

How to buy $556 billion worth of infrastructure—or not.

Tue Feb. 15, 2011 6:00 AM EST

AZ Immigration Guru Targets "Anchor" Babies

Lawyer behind the "ID 'em" law wants to tackle birthright citizenship state by state.

Fri Feb. 11, 2011 6:00 AM EST

What Does Illegal Immigration Have to do With Animal Snuff Films?

Ask the California Republican chairing the House immigration committee.

Tue Feb. 1, 2011 6:00 AM EST

It's Alive! GOPers Resurrect "Death Panels"

As Republicans battle health care reform, a discredited meme rises from the grave.

Thu Jan. 27, 2011 6:00 AM EST

The Chamber of Commerce's Health Reform Heretics

The group is hell-bent on undermining health care reform, but some of its local affiliates—gasp!—kind of like the law.

Tue Jan. 25, 2011 6:00 AM EST

A Kinder, Gentler Congress?

Tucson may have forced a temporary cease-fire on Capitol Hill, but don't expect a lasting détente.

Fri Jan. 14, 2011 6:00 AM EST

The GOP's Plan B to Kill Health Reform

Republicans don't need to repeal the bill. They can just choke the life out of it, one appropriation at a time.

Fri Jan. 7, 2011 6:00 AM EST

How Not to Cut the Deficit

On day one of the Boehner era, the GOP makes a budget-busting rule change.

Thu Jan. 6, 2011 6:00 AM EST

The Dems' Plan to Save Health Care Reform

As Republicans vow repeal, Dems scramble to protect their landmark achievement.

Wed Jan. 5, 2011 6:00 AM EST

Pelosi Goes AWOL

Having disappeared from the tax-cut debate, how will the most powerful Speaker in recent history lead in the minority?

Mon Dec. 20, 2010 6:00 AM EST