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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How Much Would It Cost to Repeal Health Care Reform?
Tue Jan. 4, 2011 8:40 AM PST

The Dems' Wasted Opportunity on Health Reform
Mon Jan. 3, 2011 10:10 AM PST

The Year in Racism
Thu Dec. 30, 2010 4:00 AM PST

The Danger of Driving Earmarks Underground
Tue Dec. 28, 2010 10:00 AM PST

GOP's Immigration Plan: They're Taking Our Jobs!
Mon Dec. 27, 2010 9:58 AM PST

Deck the Halls With Partisan Warfare
Fri Dec. 24, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Republicans Heart Ethics Reform?
Wed Dec. 22, 2010 11:00 AM PST

Post-DREAM, What's the Next Immigration Battleground?
Mon Dec. 20, 2010 11:16 AM PST

Will Obama Go Partisan in the Next Tax Battle?
Fri Dec. 17, 2010 9:55 AM PST

Sherrod Brown Caves on Tax Deal
Wed Dec. 15, 2010 8:33 AM PST

Health Reform's Plan B?
Tue Dec. 14, 2010 7:44 AM PST

Federal Judge Rules Against Health Reform
Mon Dec. 13, 2010 11:36 AM PST

Pelosi Gets Squeezed in the Tax Deal
Mon Dec. 13, 2010 8:55 AM PST

Could Tax Sweeteners Bring Rebel Dems on Board?
Fri Dec. 10, 2010 7:57 AM PST

In DADT Wreckage, a Tale of Two Vulnerable Dems
Thu Dec. 9, 2010 3:22 PM PST

Barney Frank: We Can't Stop Obama's Tax-Cut Deal
Thu Dec. 9, 2010 10:47 AM PST

Which GOPers Backed the DREAM?
Thu Dec. 9, 2010 9:01 AM PST

Top Senate Liberal Defends Obama on Tax Cuts
Wed Dec. 8, 2010 9:10 AM PST

A Tax Deal Only Ben Nelson Could Love?
Tue Dec. 7, 2010 1:09 PM PST

Will Lugar Kill the Democratic DREAM?
Tue Dec. 7, 2010 10:00 AM PST

Gingrich-Rubio 2012?
Mon Dec. 6, 2010 7:20 AM PST

Here Come the Republican AGs
Wed Dec. 1, 2010 8:40 AM PST

Even When It Loses, the Tea Party Can Still Win
Wed Dec. 1, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Could the Courts Cripple Health Reform?
Mon Nov. 29, 2010 10:38 AM PST

Will Legislative Gridlock Really Help the GOP?
Tue Nov. 23, 2010 10:22 AM PST

Could Social Conservatives Hijack the States?
Mon Nov. 22, 2010 8:47 AM PST

Scott Brown: GOP's Health Care Peace-Broker?
Fri Nov. 19, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Utah Conservatives vs. Arizona-Style Immigration Laws
Fri Nov. 12, 2010 9:18 AM PST

Hispanic Republican Group Slams GOP's "Extreme" Congressmen
Thu Nov. 11, 2010 12:29 PM PST

Can Rubio Republicans Save the GOP?
Wed Nov. 10, 2010 8:39 AM PST

The Glass Ceiling for GOP Women
Tue Nov. 9, 2010 10:08 AM PST

GOP Crying Wolf on Voter Fraud?
Mon Nov. 8, 2010 8:32 AM PST

Will Pelosi's Leadership Bid Help the Dems?
Fri Nov. 5, 2010 11:54 AM PDT

House Progressives: The Caucus of No?
Fri Nov. 5, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Olympia Snowe Better Watch Out
Wed Nov. 3, 2010 12:09 PM PDT

Boehner to GOP: Sober Up!
Tue Nov. 2, 2010 11:59 PM PDT

Health Care: Bad Medicine for Moderate Dems?
Tue Nov. 2, 2010 6:18 PM PDT

Minnesota: Vote Challengers Get Aggressive
Tue Nov. 2, 2010 2:32 PM PDT

Tea Partiers Allegedly Harass Black Student Voters in SC
Tue Nov. 2, 2010 10:53 AM PDT

Bogus Robocalls Still Bombarding Kansas
Tue Nov. 2, 2010 9:42 AM PDT

Let the Dirty Tricks Begin!
Tue Nov. 2, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

A GOP Wave...or a Tsunami?
Mon Nov. 1, 2010 12:07 PM PDT

McDonald's Accused of Voter Intimidation
Sat Oct. 30, 2010 8:00 AM PDT

Complaint: Elderly Black Voters Intimidated at Home
Fri Oct. 29, 2010 10:00 AM PDT

Fake Group Tries to Mislead Black Voters in Texas
Thu Oct. 28, 2010 9:25 AM PDT

What's Killing Voter Registration This Year?
Wed Oct. 27, 2010 8:30 AM PDT

Angle Campaign: Reid Wants to "Steal This Election"
Tue Oct. 26, 2010 11:46 AM PDT

Rand Paul Supporter Stomps on the Head of a MoveOn Activist
Tue Oct. 26, 2010 7:07 AM PDT

AZ's Anti-Immigration Mastermind Takes Aim at Voter Fraud
Mon Oct. 25, 2010 8:07 AM PDT

Who Will Win the Campaign Spending Arms Race?
Fri Oct. 22, 2010 7:32 AM PDT

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 3:00 AM PDT

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 3:00 AM PDT

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 3:00 AM PDT

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 3:04 AM PDT

The GOP's Real Budget Hatchet Man

No, it's not Paul Ryan.

Wed May. 25, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

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 3:00 AM PDT

GOP's Kinder, Gentler Medicaid Gutting

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

Wed May. 4, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

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 12:01 AM PDT

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 12:01 AM PDT

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 1:15 PM PDT

No Shutdown For Now

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

Fri Apr. 8, 2011 3:00 PM PDT

The GOP's (Latest) Budget Blame Game

As a shutdown looms, the fingers point.

Thu Apr. 7, 2011 3:00 PM PDT

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 12:01 AM PDT

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 12:01 AM PDT

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

And the winner is...

Fri Apr. 1, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

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 12:01 AM PDT

Death By a Single GOP Cut?

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

Mon Mar. 21, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

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 1:01 AM PST

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 1:01 AM PST

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 1:01 AM PST

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 12:55 AM PST

Confessions of an Ex-Qaddafi Lobbyist

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

Wed Feb. 23, 2011 4:00 AM PST

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 4:00 AM PST

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 4:00 AM PST

Obama's Road to Nowhere?

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

Tue Feb. 15, 2011 4:00 AM PST

AZ Immigration Guru Targets "Anchor" Babies

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

Fri Feb. 11, 2011 4:00 AM PST

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

Ask the California Republican chairing the House immigration committee.

Tue Feb. 1, 2011 4:00 AM PST

It's Alive! GOPers Resurrect "Death Panels"

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

Thu Jan. 27, 2011 4:00 AM PST

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 4:00 AM PST

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 4:00 AM PST

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 4:00 AM PST

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 4:00 AM PST

The Dems' Plan to Save Health Care Reform

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

Wed Jan. 5, 2011 4:00 AM PST

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 4:00 AM PST