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Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani

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Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani is a senior editor. Before joining the team at ThinkProgress, she served as an editor at Muftah Magazine and worked in the Iranian American community. Varkiani received her master of science in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and her bachelor’s degree in international studies from American University in Washington, D.C.

The deaths of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his 23-old-month daughter, both from El Salvador, have put a spotlight on the flaws in the U.S. immigration system. The two drowned in the Rio Grande while trying to travel to the United States to seek asylum, June 24, 2019.  (Photo CREDIT: japatino/Getty Images)

The father and daughter in that photo waited months to claim asylum before trying to cross the river

Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani Jun 26, 2019
President Donald Trump salutes while joined by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, January 19, 2019 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

How things seem to have escalated so quickly between the US and Iran

Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani Jun 20, 2019
President Donald Trump shows off posters as he talks with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

UN report on Jamal Khashoggi’s killing reveals grisly details Trump is overlooking

Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani Jun 19, 2019
Rev. Dr. William Barber leads activists into Lafayette Park, after Secret Service had previously closed it off. Activists had gathered for Repairers of the Breach's "Moral Witness Wednesday," June 12, 2019, Washington, D.C. (Photo Credit: ThinkProgress/Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani)

Secret Service interferes with ‘Moral Witness Wednesday’ protest in front of White House

Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani Jun 12, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro speaks at Bell Gardens High School, in Los Angeles county, on March 4, 2019 in Bell Gardens, California. Castro, who served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under President Barack Obama, is aiming to become the country's first Latinx president. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Julián Castro is the first presidential candidate to visit Flint

Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani Jun 8, 2019
A protestor dressed as a character from the Hulu TV show "The Handmaid's Tale," based on the best-selling novel by Margaret Atwood, walks back to her car after participating in a rally against one of the nation's most restrictive bans on abortions on May 19, 2019 in Montgomery, Alabama. The law will make almost all abortion procedures illegal. (Photo by Julie Bennett/Getty Images)

University of Alabama returns largest donation in school history after donor criticized abortion ban

Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani Jun 8, 2019
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