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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Press 1 If You Look Like an Illegal Immigrant
Thu Jun. 3, 2010 7:30 AM PDT

The Rise of the Anti-Amnesty Hispanic Republican
Wed Jun. 2, 2010 7:40 AM PDT

The Anti-Immigration Movement Goes Green
Tue Jun. 1, 2010 9:28 AM PDT

Ron Paul's DADT Reversal
Fri May. 28, 2010 7:25 AM PDT

Is Anti-Government Anger Fueling Violence Against Census Workers?
Thu May. 27, 2010 11:04 AM PDT

Will Arizona Encourage Criminals To Prey on Immigrants?
Thu May. 27, 2010 9:00 AM PDT

The Tea Party Candidate With a Real Messiah Complex
Tue May. 25, 2010 7:47 AM PDT

The Rand Paul Litmus Test
Mon May. 24, 2010 11:27 AM PDT

Obama Official Vows to Ramp Up Deportations…Just Not in Arizona
Mon May. 24, 2010 10:20 AM PDT

GOP Rep. Defends Anti-Islam Tea Party Speaker
Fri May. 21, 2010 12:42 PM PDT

Blame Rahm for Immigration Inaction?
Fri May. 21, 2010 12:00 PM PDT

Mexico's Absymal Immigration Record
Thu May. 20, 2010 4:00 AM PDT

Anti-Immigration Group Claims Neo-Nazis Involved in Tancredo Rally
Wed May. 19, 2010 11:30 AM PDT

Was Blumenthal Always Doomed?
Tue May. 18, 2010 9:03 AM PDT

Palin: "We're All Arizonans Now"
Mon May. 17, 2010 8:51 AM PDT

AZ's Next Target: Students?
Fri May. 14, 2010 1:12 PM PDT

The Brains Behind Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Ban
Fri May. 14, 2010 9:08 AM PDT

Mollohan: A Danger Sign for Bart Stupak Dems?
Wed May. 12, 2010 8:29 AM PDT

Kagan's Late-Term Abortion Memo: Pure Obamaism?
Tue May. 11, 2010 11:27 AM PDT

Kagan Nomination=Gay Rights Summer?
Mon May. 10, 2010 1:48 PM PDT

Why Democrats Could Still Lose Latino Voters
Fri May. 7, 2010 1:25 PM PDT

Will Rubio's Flip-Flop on Arizona Help His Campaign?
Thu May. 6, 2010 1:28 PM PDT

Did the Times Square Suspect Game the Immigration System?
Wed May. 5, 2010 11:00 AM PDT

How Did the Times Square Suspect Become a US Citizen?
Tue May. 4, 2010 6:39 PM PDT

Red States Refuse to Insure High-Risk Patients
Mon May. 3, 2010 8:31 AM PDT

Will the Dems Go It Alone On Immigration?
Thu Apr. 29, 2010 11:35 AM PDT

Dems' Immigration Plan: Coming Soon?
Tue Apr. 27, 2010 12:20 PM PDT

Obama Slams "Misguided" AZ Immigration Bill
Fri Apr. 23, 2010 9:38 AM PDT

Sestak Suggests Biden Should "Smack" Specter "In the Chops"
Thu Apr. 22, 2010 9:45 AM PDT

Could Arizona's Birther Bill Backfire?
Wed Apr. 21, 2010 12:30 PM PDT

DHS Silent on Radical Arizona Immigration Bill
Wed Apr. 21, 2010 6:30 AM PDT

Dems to Tackle Immigration Reform Next?
Tue Apr. 20, 2010 3:39 PM PDT

McCain’s Dangerous Anti-Immigration Flip-Flop
Tue Apr. 20, 2010 4:00 AM PDT

One Of These Tea Partiers Is Not Like The Other...
Thu Apr. 15, 2010 3:03 PM PDT

Gun Control: What Stupak Got Right
Wed Apr. 14, 2010 9:05 AM PDT

Dem Rep. Perriello: Health Care Lawsuits Are "Appropriate"
Mon Apr. 12, 2010 1:30 PM PDT

Who Gets the Credit for Taking Out Bart Stupak?
Fri Apr. 9, 2010 1:59 PM PDT

Ben Nelson: Reform Rage Target
Fri Apr. 9, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Pawlenty's Health Care Flip-Flop
Thu Apr. 8, 2010 7:20 AM PDT

Dem Contender:"Repeal and Replace" the GOP
Tue Apr. 6, 2010 12:35 PM PDT

GOP Discovers Big Problem With Anti-Census Crusade
Tue Apr. 6, 2010 7:33 AM PDT

The Idaho GOP's Pro-Militia Candidate
Fri Apr. 2, 2010 2:30 AM PDT

How the States Could Sabotage Health Reform
Thu Apr. 1, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

How the Pentagon Rewrote DADT
Tue Mar. 30, 2010 8:01 AM PDT

Sen. Kyl: Dems Using Violent Threats for Political Gain
Thu Mar. 25, 2010 1:35 PM PDT

Now Insurers Back Health Care Reform?
Thu Mar. 25, 2010 11:13 AM PDT

Republicans Split Over Repeal Strategy
Tue Mar. 23, 2010 11:00 AM PDT

Woolsey To Introduce Public Option Bill ASAP
Sun Mar. 21, 2010 9:50 PM PDT

GOP Reps Rev Up Tea Partiers
Sun Mar. 21, 2010 2:19 PM PDT

The Abortion Endgame
Sat Mar. 20, 2010 2:51 PM 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