Odette Yousef
Odette Yousef is a WBEZ reporter covering immigration, race and class.
Since joining the station in 2010, Odette has covered a range of stories including local and state efforts around immigration policy, DREAMers and the impact of travel bans on Muslim-Americans and refugees. She has also delved into the reality of homelessness in Chicago, with stories about tent cities and the disappearance of affordable housing on the North Side. In 2016, Odette was part of a team at WBEZ to win a National Edward R. Murrow Award for best Continuing Coverage of how local officials in Puerto Rico were sending drug addicts to unlicensed therapy groups in Chicago, with false promises of professional treatment.
Odette’s coverage includes enterprise and data reporting, and she has contributed to NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered, PRI’s The World and WNYC’s The Takeaway. In 2015, she served as president of the Chicago Headline Club, which is the largest chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Prior to joining WBEZ, Odette was a reporter at WABE FM in Atlanta.
Odette received a B.A. in Economics and East Asian Studies from Harvard University.
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Even as the U.S. opposes Russian aggression into Ukraine, some Americans' attitudes are softening toward Russia — particularly on the far right.
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The Biden administration's new Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships aims to stop radicalization before it starts. But critics say it's a repackaging of failed strategies and inadequate.
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The Biden administration's new Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships aims to stop radicalization before it starts. But critics say it's a repackaging of failed strategies and inadequate.
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It's been a year since a mob supporting former President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol. We look at what we've learned about domestic extremism over the past year.
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A year after the attack on the Capitol, there's a growing realization that traditional tools to counter extremism in the U.S. may not apply.
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In the 12 months since a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, polarization has only grown deeper. Many who monitor extremist activity worry that the country is in a much more dangerous place now.
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As the U.S. nears the anniversary of a pro-Trump mob's attack at the Capitol, a survey finds widespread community support for violent insurrection that it calls a new political movement in the U.S.
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The Pentagon has updated its policies on extremism in the military by service members. The long-awaited report was ordered in the weeks following the January attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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The Pentagon released an update to how it should handle extremism within the ranks. The Department of Defense initiated the review after learning that military members took part in a Capitol attack.
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Twitter recently launched a new policy in the U.S. to limit the sharing of photos and videos of people without their consent. Activists on the left say it limits public interest reporting.