Daily Breakdown

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Sam Hill
May 07, 2026

What’s up campus community,

Woah! It’s Thursday, and I’m closing out my last newsletter ever. We soon will be leaving the Daily to our successors’ very capable hands. Learn more in a special In The Know Podcast episode below!

Also check out our top story — End Slavery in Minnesota takes the fight to the capitol. Opinions desk has a double whammy of (a) an AI chatbot satire written by the whole desk and (b) a columnist’s satire about living in Minnesota. Plus, two podcast episodes on new Daily leadership and the Met Gala specifically.

But I’ve written for far too long, dear readers. It has been an honor to grace your inboxes.

Go forth and scroll!

Victory or death,

Sam Hill | Managing Editor | [email protected]

Top Story

Marvina Haynes, executive director of MN Wrongfully Convicted Judicial Reform, stands with End Slavery in Minnesota for prison reform. | Image by Trevor Dunning

End Slavery in Minnesota fights for prison reform at the Minnesota Capitol

by Trevor Dunning | City Reporter | Published May 6, 2026

Incarcerated in 1994 at the age of 19, Carlos Smith’s first job was working on an assembly line making paper folders for 20 cents per hour. His sentence was commuted in 2025. Smith fights to end these conditions.

End Slavery in Minnesota Coalition, a prison reform advocacy group, held a rally at the state capitol to advance prison reform. The state’s constitution allows prisons to pay incarcerated workers as little as 20 cents per hour, which ESM wants to change.

“It affects their families, their children and their neighborhood, and it affects all of us,” ESM Outreach Coordinator Carlos Smith said during a speech at the capitol. “Lawmakers want safer communities, young people want fairness, orgs want justice, and this law touches all of those values.”