Haley Sweetland Edwards

Haley Sweetland Edwards is the Nation Editor at TIME.

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Feds Tweak Terror Alert System

The new "bulletin" alerts will describe developments and trends in "persistent and ongoing threats"

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Yale's Top Dean On Campus Protests

Two teachers have announced they will step back from their roles on campus

By Tessa Berenson Rogers and Haley Sweetland Edwards

Ted Cruz Proposes Law That Would Allow Governors to Block Refugees

Cruz said he disagreed with Trump's proposal, but applauded his leadership on the immigration issue

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

21 Syrian Refugees Arrive In Texas, Despite Lawsuit

A legal standoff will not stop the ongoing resettlement

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Texas Sues to Block a Syrian Refugee Family

Texas’ new lawsuit against U.S. government, an attempt to block the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the state, is probably more of a political stunt than a workable legal challenge, experts and refugee advocates who...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

The Fallacy of 'Free Speech'

A new wave of campus revolts and campaign speeches is fueling a dangerous war on words

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Why Mark Zuckerberg Is Spending On Personalized Learning

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are throwing their weight behind personalized learning software. Here's what that is.

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Why Republicans Changed on School Accountability

When it comes to federal accountability for failing schools, Republicans and Democrats have now almost completely switched places.Spurred by President George W. Bush, Republicans in Congress helped pass No Child Left Behind in 2002, giving...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Teachers Make Less Than Peers in Almost Any Other Job

The image of teachers as underpaid and overworked, laboring in the trenches of an increasingly ramshackle public school system, has become a staple of American popular culture.It turns out, it’s not just us. A new...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Can American Afford This Approach to Solving Student Loan Debt?

President Clinton tried. President Bush tried. President Obama thinks he has answer

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Can Silicon Valley Help Beat ISIS?

The Paris attacks have -revived a difficult debate about encryption

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Why Child Care May Get More Attention in 2016

Child care, once consigned to the ghetto of liberal women’s issues, is earning newfound—and bipartisan—attention on the 2016 campaign trail.During the Republican debate last week, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio dropped the remarkable fact that child...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Democrats Propose Social Security Change to Help Single Women

Congressional Democrats want to change Social Security to address problems faced by older single women, who are disproportionately impoverished in retirement.Under a proposal from Washington Sen. Patty Murray released Tuesday, unmarried, divorced and widowed Americans...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Paris Attacks Fuel New Debate on Surveillance and Encryption

Three days after the horrific attacks in Paris, the memory of Edward Snowden looms large in American politics.How did the intelligence community fail to intercept news of these attacks? How did eight terrorists manage to...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

How the GOP Resurrected the Flat Tax

Republicans shun progressive tax systems

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Inside the Next Social Security Crisis

Why American women are bearing the brunt of the retirement crunch

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Education Department Won't Rate Colleges After All

The Department of Education announced this week that it’s backing off its ambitious and controversial plan to rate all of the nation’s colleges and universities, marking a win for institutions and the vast higher education...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

House Democrats Could Regret Trade Vote in 2016

Democrats who voted Thursday afternoon in favor of a controversial trade bill, known as “fast track,” will feel the wrath of some liberal groups.The bill, known as the Trade Promotion Authority, passed 218-208, with 28...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Effort to Draft Sen. Elizabeth Warren To Disband

Six months after launching “Run Warren Run,” a quixotic campaign to draft Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren into the 2016 presidential race, the two progressive organizations behind it will call it quits and focus more broadly...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Chris Christie to Pull New Jersey Out of Common Core

The move could help Christie in his quest for the Republican presidential nomination

By Zeke J Miller and Haley Sweetland Edwards
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