Melissa Jeltsen

Journalist (NATIONAL, New York)
Senior editor at Huffington Post.

Links: @quasimado | (Current as of: July 21, 2015)


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She Got Asylum After Her Partner Shot Her. Now The U.S. Would Turn Her Away.

Melissa Jeltsen
Huffington Post
June 23, 2018
Aracely Martinez Yanez fled Honduras after surviving severe domestic abuse. A new ruling will shut the door on other women like her.

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Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children

Melissa Jeltsen
Huffington Post
August 30, 2017
More than 200,000 children under 18 were married from 2000 to 2015 in the U.S., according to a report released Wednesday.

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Trump’s Budget Would Be Devastating To Poor Victims Of Domestic Abuse

Melissa Jeltsen
Huffington Post
March 17, 2017
Advocates working with victims of domestic violence reacted with alarm to President Donald Trump’s first budget blueprint, warning that his proposed cuts could have a devastating impact on vulnerable women across the country.

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One Simple Idea That Could Reduce Domestic Violence

Melissa Jeltsen
Huffington Post
July 21, 2015
Victims of domestic violence would benefit from support from a lawyer.



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