Haley Sweetland Edwards

Haley Sweetland Edwards is the Nation Editor at TIME.

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Wheeler Calls For More Competition

America's lack of broadband competition is "intolerable," Wheeler said

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Crashing the Core Curriculum

New education standards have turned back-to-school into a battlefield

By Haley Sweetland-Edwards/Holly Springs

Obamacare Leads to Surge in Mental-Health Treatment

A provision means more mentally ill young people are getting medical treatment

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Colbert v. Stewart: What Do They Really Think About School Reform?

Comedy Central's fake newscasters have an outsized influence on public opinion and seemingly different takes on hotly-debated topics like teacher tenure laws and the Common Core standards

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Conservative Christians Split on Common Core

A discussion hosted on Wednesday by the Family Research Council, a conservative Christian think tank, started as a searing critique of the Common Core, a set of reading and math standards for public school students...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Herbalife Hires Biden's Former Chief of Staff To Head Lobbying Effort

Alan Hoffman will oversee the company's vast lobbying effort in Washington, DC. as it fights allegations that its business model is a predatory pyramid scheme

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Meet the Internet’s Most Powerful Man

Brian Roberts does not wear a hoodie. He just owns cables. Now he wants to buy a whole lot more

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Comcast, AT&T: We're Not Big Enough Yet

At a Senate hearing ahead of major merger melees

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Here Are the Other Companies Comcast Is Gobbling Up

Recent tech acquisitions put the cable giant in a position to dominate the digital video market and expand its broadband reach

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Teachers Union Pulls Full Support for Common Core

Move by American Federation of Teachers is blow to the White House

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Telecom-Funded Congressional Group: Don't Regulate Telecom Industry!

At an event funded by the telecom industry, organizations funded by the telecom industry argue against – wait for it! – regulating the telecom industry

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Supreme court rules against unions

In sharply-divided 5-4 decision

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

A (Constitutional) Guide on Where to Stand When Protesting

A Supreme Court ruling raises questions about what's allowed, and what's not

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Supreme Court Strikes Down Abortion 'Buffer Zones'

The ruling is a victory for protesters who seek to picket outside of abortion clinics

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

An End for Aereo

Cord cutters lost a nifty new gizmo on June 25 when the Supreme Court ruled that it’s illegal for a company to stream broadcast TV online without paying ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox hefty copyright...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Explaining Aereo’s Demise: Bad for Cord-Cutters, Good for Lawyers

The Supreme Court ruled out one type of TV gizmo, but the question of how copyright law works in the cloud-computing age remains unresolved

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Aereo Loses Big

A victory for broadcasters and a defeat for Aereo

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Comcast’s Fast Internet Is Bad For Its Merger Hopes

An FCC report that found Comcast offers fast internet undermines its central argument for why it should be allowed to merge with Time Warner Cable

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Supreme Court Boosts Investors, Not Humanitarians

Argentina, the Obama Administration and a host of international financial and humanitarian organizations got a load of bad news Monday from the U.S. Supreme Court. But hedge funds and other investors that specialize in risky...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Verizon, Netflix Spar in Epic Battle Over Who Should Pay for What

Amid an escalating dispute with Verizon, Netflix reminded everyone this week of its standing offer to fix — for free — the problem of slow download speeds, the issue at the heart of rising tensions...

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