Melissa Etehad
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Former Los Angeles Times staff writer Melissa Etehad is an Iranian American who enjoys writing about national and international issues. She received her master’s in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor’s in international affairs from UC San Diego and has reported from the Middle East and Europe. She previously worked at Al Jazeera English and the Washington Post’s foreign desk, where she covered the intersections of politics, religion and gender. She’s a native Farsi speaker.
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Líderes locales se unen a los llamados de una reforma de armas tras el ataque al supermercado de Boulder, Colorado. Los supervivientes de anteriores tiroteos masivos cuestionan el impulso del cambio.
March 25, 2021
El joven de 21 años acusado de 10 cargos de asesinato tenía una reputación de comportamiento tan errático que algunos familiares creían que era un enfermo mental.
March 25, 2021
Here is a list of some of the worst mass shootings in the United States in the last four years.
May 26, 2021
Local leaders join calls for gun reform after the Boulder, Colo., supermarket attack. Survivors of prior mass shootings question momentum for change.
March 24, 2021
The 21-year-old charged with 10 counts of murder had a reputation for behavior so erratic that some relatives believed he was mentally ill.
March 23, 2021
Here’s what we know about the victims in the attacks on three Atlanta-area spas that left eight people dead, including six women of Asian descent.
March 20, 2021
A Sheriff’s Office spokesman in Cherokee County, Ga., has been criticized for his description of the Atlanta-area spa shootings of Asian woman and anti-Chinese Facebook postings.
March 18, 2021
Hate crimes against Asians and Asian Americans jumped dramatically in major U.S. cities in 2020.
March 5, 2021
How some Iranians in exile are smuggling banned books into Iran while inspiring the next generation of writers
March 5, 2021
Los residentes de Oregón usan palas, cubetas y mangueras de jardín en los incendios forestales mientras la gobernadora Kate Brown busca más bomberos del gobierno federal y de otros estados.
Sept. 12, 2020