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Asraa Mustufa

Asraa Mustufa

Asraa is the managing editor of The Chicago Reporter. Email her at amustufa@chicagoreporter.com and follow her on Twitter @AsraaReports.

Coronavirus

ROUNDUP: Race takes center stage ahead of Illinois’ anticipated COVID-19 peak

By Asraa Mustufa | April 10, 2020

Stark disparities in the impact of the crisis emerge as the state marks one month of staying at home and officials are pressed to do more to protect the most vulnerable, including essential workers and the incarcerated.

Coronavirus

Black people across Illinois are dying from COVID-19 at 3.4 times the rate of the white population

By Asraa Mustufa and David Eads | April 7, 2020

The impact of the coronavirus on Latinx and Hispanic communities is likely underreported due to incomplete demographic data, authorities say.

Coronavirus
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ROUNDUP: Chicago and Illinois brace for mounting COVID-19 deaths, adjust to new normal

By Asraa Mustufa | April 3, 2020

Here’s everything you might have missed in week three of the pandemic as conditions remain dire on numerous fronts while promised federal aid may offer some relief.

Coronavirus

ROUNDUP: Chicago and Illinois take more drastic measures in week two of COVID-19 crisis

By Asraa Mustufa | March 27, 2020

As confirmed coronavirus cases climb into the thousands for Illinois, state and city officials, businesses and communities rally to fight the disease as questions remain about protecting the most vulnerable residents and workers.

Coronavirus
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ROUNDUP: How the Chicago region is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic

By Asraa Mustufa | March 20, 2020

Here’s your summary of the latest in how local residents and officials are dealing with the strictest social distancing orders yet as jobless claims soar and local healthcare systems brace for the worst.

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Tracking coronavirus cases in Illinois, daily

By David Eads, Asraa Mustufa and Paula Friedrich | March 20, 2020

The Chicago Reporter is publishing the daily count of COVID-19 cases and deaths, county-by-county, using data from the Illinois Department of Health.

Government and Politics

Bernie Sanders endorsed former head of controversial state counterterrorism program

By Asraa Mustufa and Alex Ruppenthal | March 16, 2020

Junaid Afeef, who directed Illinois’ Countering Violent Extremism program, is running for Kane County state’s attorney and has gotten support from progressive criminal justice reform groups.

Race and Culture

Five things to read or watch for 50th anniversary of Fred Hampton’s murder by police

By Asraa Mustufa | December 6, 2019

A roundup of coverage marking 50 years since Illinois Black Panthers Party leaders were killed by Chicago police, an event that’s had lasting repercussions for the city and country.

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The Feeling of Being Watched

How one filmmaker is using artificial intelligence to uncover surveillance of her Muslim community in Chicago

By Asraa Mustufa | October 10, 2019

Assia Boundaoui is leveraging the FBI’s decades of targeting communities of color to “fill in the blanks” of records she obtained in a federal FOIA battle as depicted in the documentary “The Feeling of Being Watched,” airing Oct. 14 on PBS.

Settling for Misconduct
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Chicago officer cleared of shooting Joshua Beal has history of racially charged violent encounters

By Asraa Mustufa | June 20, 2019

Sgt. Thomas Derouin is named in two police misconduct settlements in which officers used racial epithets against African Americans.

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