Richard Kim

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Richard Kim is editor in chief of TheCITY.NYC, New York City's nonprofit, nonpartisan, local news organization. He was formerly executive editor of HuffPost, and before that, spent over two decades at The Nation, where he held positions ranging from intern to columnist to executive editor.

Elena Kagan Is Not Gay

Elena Kagan Is Not Gay Elena Kagan Is Not Gay

Andrew Sullivan thinks Elena Kagan should be grilled about her sex life. What a bad idea.

May 10, 2010 / Richard Kim

Loose Tea Loose Tea

Does the kaleidoscope of Tea Party kookiness add up to anything?

Apr 22, 2010 / Richard Kim

The Mad Tea Party The Mad Tea Party

How Glenn Beck & Co. trumped up a vast left-wing conspiracy: the "Cloward-Piven strategy."

Apr 15, 2010 / Feature / Richard Kim

Student Loan Reform Clears Senate Student Loan Reform Clears Senate

  Free public higher education it is not. But for millions of students at the margins, it's real help.

Mar 25, 2010 / Richard Kim

IMF Clarifies Terms of Haiti’s Loan IMF Clarifies Terms of Haiti’s Loan

Last Friday I wrote about the IMF's new $100 million loan to Haiti. I cited debt relief activists who told me that the new loan would be an extension of the IMF's existing loan of ...

Jan 20, 2010 / Richard Kim

IMF to Haiti: Freeze Public Wages IMF to Haiti: Freeze Public Wages

Since a devastating earthquake rocked Haiti on Tuesday--killing tens of thousands of people--there's been a lot of well-intentioned chatter and twitter about how to help Haiti.&nbs...

Jan 15, 2010 / Richard Kim

The Perils of Palinism The Perils of Palinism

With enemies like Sarah Palin, who needs friends?

Nov 11, 2009 / Richard Kim and Betsy Reed

The Parable of Balloon Boy The Parable of Balloon Boy

It was all a hoax, a fraud, a cynical and none too well concocted publicity stunt to bolster the Heene family's reality TV cachet. But there was something beautiful about the lie t...

Oct 19, 2009 / Richard Kim

The Aspirational Nobel The Aspirational Nobel

I woke up, read the New York Times website and thought I had come to the Onion instead. I hit refresh. Still there: "Obama Wins Nobel for Diplomacy." Maybe this is one of...

Oct 9, 2009 / Richard Kim

Ending the Cycle of Presidential Love and Hate Ending the Cycle of Presidential Love and Hate

Eyal's post juxtaposes the irrational views an alarming number of Republicans have about Barack Obama (a Kenyan-Muslim-Socialist-Hitler!) with the conspiracy theory--apparently hel...

Sep 29, 2009 / Richard Kim

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