Mohsen Ansari

Mohsen Ansari is a freelance journalist based in Beirut. This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent news website hosted by the University of Sydney. Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, government-and-politics, islam, syrian-arab-republic, germansland, australia, wales First posted on The Conversation Topics: refugees, refugees-and-asylum-seekers, canberra-2600, tas, pacific, sa, malaysia, united-states Continue Reading

Emily Francis

Emily Francis, an assistant professor of government and politics at the University of Southern California, says that the state’s election law is complex, and the state’s Department of Justice is taking action. “In California, election law is a big concern for everyone who values democracy,” she says. “The law can Continue Reading

Zhijun Hidayat

Zhijun Hidayat (Rafaid): a Muslim with Iranian, Yemeni and Iraqi citizenship Al-Kasadi (Mashalab): a female Yazidi militant from Syria ISIS video from Baghdad to the world; here’s the original (via @AbuGhaffar) ISIS has been trying to establish bases in Iraq and Syria. These are the places they may try to Continue Reading

David Espinosa

David Espinosa, a former senior assistant director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said in an interview Sunday that he was in charge of the weapons section while the bureau was in the midst of building the gun-tracking system on a computer at the FBI’s headquarters. “If Continue Reading

Kimberly Bekele

Kimberly Bekele is the editor-in-chief of the Observer. Follow her on Twitter here. The Observer’s Politics section is written by Richard Tawney and features articles from some of his columnists. Follow Richard on Twitter here. This article was first published by The Observer and has been republished with permission. It Continue Reading