In Pennsylvania, imprisoned former Black Panther and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal is set to testify in court today on the lack of adequate medical care he’s received in prison. Abu-Jamal has been ill with symptoms of the hepatitis C virus for more than eight months, but prison officials have refused to dispense an antiviral drug that could cure him, claiming his symptoms are not “severe enough.” A hearing set to begin this morning, in which Abu-Jamal will appear via video stream from prison, will address whether he should be treated immediately. His supporters say he nearly died from untreated diabetes in March and has been suffering from serious skin rashes and swelling linked to his untreated hepatitis C virus.