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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Pay No Attention to the Superrich Donors Behind the Curtain
Thu Oct. 21, 2010 8:51 AM PDT

Has Voter Intimidation Already Begun?
Wed Oct. 20, 2010 6:35 AM PDT

The Democratic Case for Super-Rich Donors
Tue Oct. 19, 2010 10:15 AM PDT

Voter Registration Dropping Amid Attacks from the Right
Mon Oct. 18, 2010 9:16 AM PDT

Labor Struggles to Play Catch Up in Spending War
Wed Oct. 13, 2010 9:45 AM PDT

A Wipeout of Democratic Women?
Tue Oct. 12, 2010 7:57 AM PDT

Do Anti-Government Voters Still Love Pork?
Mon Oct. 11, 2010 7:41 AM PDT

NJ Democrats Behind Fake Tea Party Candidate
Fri Oct. 8, 2010 8:25 AM PDT

Meek Rejects Sierra Club's "Co-Endorsement" With Crist
Thu Oct. 7, 2010 12:21 PM PDT

The Tea Party's 2012 Targets
Thu Oct. 7, 2010 8:33 AM PDT

Is the Stewart-Colbert Rally Becoming a Partisan Affair?
Wed Oct. 6, 2010 9:07 AM PDT

Expect Fewer Women in Congress Next Year
Tue Oct. 5, 2010 8:10 AM PDT

Could a George W. Bush Republican Win Back Latinos?
Mon Oct. 4, 2010 11:55 AM PDT

Can Women Voters Save the Democrats?
Wed Sep. 29, 2010 3:48 AM PDT

3M Jumps onto Citizens United Bandwagon
Mon Sep. 27, 2010 9:24 AM PDT

Stephen Colbert's Surreal Congressional Testimony (VIDEO)
Fri Sep. 24, 2010 8:48 AM PDT

Dems: One Cheer for Health Care Reform?
Thu Sep. 23, 2010 11:00 AM PDT

Karl Rove's Shadow GOP
Wed Sep. 22, 2010 11:54 AM PDT

Tea Party Spreads to Australia?
Fri Sep. 17, 2010 8:36 AM PDT

The GOP's Christine O'Donnell Problem
Tue Sep. 14, 2010 8:13 PM PDT

A Republican Upset in Connecticut?
Tue Sep. 14, 2010 8:53 AM PDT

The GOP's Greatest 2010 Defeat... Courtesy of the Tea Party?
Tue Sep. 14, 2010 3:30 AM PDT

"Campaign Finance Reform Is on Its Last Legs"
Mon Sep. 13, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

After AZ, More Anti-Immigration Laws Blocked
Thu Sep. 9, 2010 12:05 PM PDT

Border Patrol Charged With Sexual Abuse, Assault, and Torture
Thu Sep. 9, 2010 3:24 AM PDT

Is Target Still Paying the Price for Citizens United?
Tue Sep. 7, 2010 7:56 AM PDT

Feds Sue Arizona's Joe Arpaio for Obstruction
Thu Sep. 2, 2010 3:45 PM PDT

Who Should Pay for Illegal Immigrants' Health Care?
Thu Sep. 2, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Rick Perry: Not "Man Enough" to Be Governor?
Tue Aug. 24, 2010 8:57 AM PDT

How Corporate Campaign Donors Can Evade the IRS
Mon Aug. 23, 2010 7:30 AM PDT

Watchdogs Worry about Obama's New Ethics Czar
Fri Aug. 20, 2010 8:57 AM PDT

Feds Threaten to Sue Sheriff Arpaio
Wed Aug. 18, 2010 1:33 PM PDT

The Peril of Running Against Palin's "Mama Grizzlies"
Wed Aug. 18, 2010 12:18 PM PDT

DeLay's Not Out of the Woods Yet
Tue Aug. 17, 2010 8:25 AM PDT

Who Will Keep Health Insurers in Line?
Mon Aug. 16, 2010 7:30 AM PDT

Alvin Greene Is Indicted
Fri Aug. 13, 2010 1:41 PM PDT

GOPer Pushes Detention Camps for Illegal Immigrants
Fri Aug. 13, 2010 8:29 AM PDT

"Power Equals Numbers"
Thu Aug. 12, 2010 1:09 PM PDT

A GOP Governor Takeover?
Wed Aug. 11, 2010 9:21 AM PDT

Why Have Hispanics Soured on Obama?
Wed Aug. 11, 2010 9:00 AM PDT

Target and Best Buy Money Flows to Dems After Citizen United Backlash
Tue Aug. 10, 2010 4:14 AM PDT

Arizona Law Mastermind Triumphs at the Polls
Wed Aug. 4, 2010 7:46 AM PDT

Goldman Sachs' Citizens United Vow
Tue Aug. 3, 2010 8:51 AM PDT

Poll: Arizonans Say Racial Discrimination Is on the Rise
Mon Aug. 2, 2010 8:24 AM PDT

Sandoval: "My Children Don't Look Hispanic"
Fri Jul. 30, 2010 7:53 AM PDT

Arizona's Immigration D-Day
Wed Jul. 28, 2010 4:00 PM PDT

Young Voters Sour on Obama
Wed Jul. 28, 2010 10:55 AM PDT

Why 2010's Most Formidable Hispanic Candidates Are Republicans
Mon Jul. 26, 2010 9:00 AM PDT

A Ray of Hope for Democrats in North Carolina?
Fri Jul. 23, 2010 8:47 AM PDT

The Public Option, Redux
Fri Jul. 23, 2010 5:30 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