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    Carlos Ballesteros

    Carlos Ballesteros is a reporter based in Chicago. He joined Injustice Watch in June 2020 after two years at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he covered immigrant and working-class communities of color throughout the South and West sides of the city. Before joining the newspaper, Carlos was a digital reporter for Newsweek in New York and interned at The Nation and In These Times. You can reach him at [email protected]

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    En 2020, los votantes del Condado de Cook votaron en números históricos para elegir jueces

    By Carlos Ballesteros, Emily Hoerner and Jason Asenso | December 9, 2020

    En la elección general de este año, tres de cada cuatro votantes del Condado de Cook votaron a favor o en contra de al menos un juez que buscaba la retención. ¿Es este nivel de compromiso una casualidad o una nueva normalidad?

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    Judicial Elections

    In 2020, Cook County voters cast ballots for judges in historic numbers

    By Carlos Ballesteros, Emily Hoerner and Jason Asenso | December 3, 2020

    Three in four Cook County voters in this year’s general election voted for or against at least one judge up for retention. Is this level of engagement a fluke or a new normal?

    Voter at United Center on Election Day 2020
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    Final election results show one Cook County judge lost her seat, others hold on by a thread

    By Carlos Ballesteros and Emily Hoerner | November 24, 2020

    Cook County Circuit Judge Jackie Portman-Brown lost her retention bid by less than 12,000 votes, while Judge John Mahoney III held onto his seat by about 2,100 votes. Several other judges kept their seats by slim margins.

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    Dos Jueces de Chicago, al borde de perder sus puestos al avanzar el conteo de votos

    By Carlos Ballesteros | November 17, 2020

    Los jueces del condado de Cook (Chicago) que buscan la reelección necesitan asegurar al menos el 60% de votos afirmativos para mantenerse en el puesto.

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    Two Cook County judges on verge of losing seats as vote counting continues

    By Carlos Ballesteros | November 12, 2020

    With nearly all the votes counted, Judge Jackie Portman-Brown did not get enough “yes” votes to stay on the bench as of Tuesday. Another judge is holding on to his seat by 282 votes.

    News

    Chicago mayor proposes $80M cut from police budget, but is that defunding the police?

    By Carlos Ballesteros and Grace Del Vecchio (City Bureau) | October 26, 2020

    As budget hearings begin, aldermen and advocates say the cuts are a drop in the bucket.

    More than 1,000 copies of Injustice Watch's judicial election guide
    News

    Injustice Watch mailed its judicial election guide to 1,000 detainees at Cook County Jail. They never received them.

    By Carlos Ballesteros and Emily Hoerner | October 26, 2020

    Officials said workers in the jail’s mailroom incorrectly identified the election guides as contraband.

    News

    ‘Punishment and Profits’: Q&A with Adam Goodman, author of The Deportation Machine

    By Carlos Ballesteros | October 19, 2020

    A new book by the UIC historian lays out how the United States built a well-oiled bureaucracy that’s deported 57 million people, the companies that profited off of those deportations, and how the country became obsessed with inflicting pain on immigrants.

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    Check Your Judges: Why Cook County judicial elections matter

    By Adeshina Emmanuel and Carlos Ballesteros | October 15, 2020

    Judicial elections bring high stakes and consequences, especially for Black, Latinx and other marginalized groups disproportionately impacted by the justice system.

    In Plain View

    U.S. House subcommittee investigates cops tied to racist, xenophobic Facebook posts

    By Carlos Ballesteros and Emily Hoerner | September 28, 2020

    The departments were all named in Injustice Watch’s “In Plain View” investigation into troubling social media posts by law enforcement officers.

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