Huge news: The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has become the first federally recognized tribe to get a portion of their land back in Illinois. Illinois now has tribal lands.

It should be no surprise that universities have become the epicenter of the Free Palestine movement. Unlike anti-Zionist students, corporations that feed Israel’s occupation have long been welcome on college campuses. My latest, for Truthout. truthout.org/articles/2000-…

Chicago Police brought out their SWAT team to clear out the student encampment at the garden next to the Art Institute

From my former hometown of Claremont, CA. BD

It's been nearly 8 months since Illinois became the first state to completely #EndMoneyBail and everyone is saying that it's working. Color us unsurprised!

Chat logs leaked to the Washington Post show a group of billionaires who wanted to make sure the NYPD crushed student protests on the Columbia got a private meeting with Mayor Adams a few days before the NYPD crushed student protests at Columbia: hellgatenyc.com/mayor-adams-cr…

No new prisons.

New book out from my friend James Kilgore! BD

So grateful to Inquest for doing this interview with #vicliu and myself about our exciting new book, The Warehouse: A Visual Primer on Mass Incarceration, Check out Vic's amazing visuals in this book. inquest.org/picturing-the-…

Trump attorneys sent ProPublica a cease and desist order demanding this article not be published, so you should definitely read it, ASAP. propublica.org/article/donald…

18 people died at the Cook County Jail last year, the deadliest in decades. An Injustice Watch investigation found lapses in supervision or medical care at play in at least half the deaths. NEW from Carlos Ballesteros: injusticewatch.org/project/jail-d…

Michael Broadway, a Black man incarcerated at Stateville prison in Illinois, died last Wednesday, partly due to extreme heat. While incarcerated, he earned a degree from Northwestern. A reminder that the climate crisis is here. Even if you don’t feel it, the most vulnerable do.

it’s a packed room at the northwestern pritzker school of law. dozens of people have gathered for a town hall to remember michael broadway, who died last week while incarcerated at stateville correctional center, and discuss the dismal conditions at illinois prisons.

The last words of Ramiro Gonzales were apologies to the victim's family and thanks -- to the warden: "Thank you for being so courageous for making decisions to make this penal system better. You guys are also my goal. It’s why I’ve been better."

Can't wait to read VictoriaLaw's new book! BD

BREAKING: A man died at Cook County Jail today — 32-year-old Ahmad Abed “suffered an apparent medical emergency,” according to Sheriff Tom Dart’s office. Two weeks ago, Dart’s office initially said Cory Ulmer had also suffered a medical emergency. Guards hit him repeatedly.

Illinois Abolishing Prisons — in Reverse + An Account of Michael Broadway’s Death at Stateville (substack.com)

We haven’t had hand soap in the communal prison bathroom for a week. They’ve said it’s not their obligation to provide it. We’ve had wave after wave of illness spread through here all summer. Would be nice if they at minimum supported handwashing.

I surveyed every DOC in the country about the status of AC in their prisons. Only five states provide air conditioning in all prison housing units. New for The Appeal + grist. theappeal.org/prison-heat-de…