Monday PSA
While some box it up into a funny little game, others like Brenda Jenkins show us that real issues like police brutality aren’t something to be trivialized, especially when it’s happening to her son.

“Bush is over there invading another country and I want to know who’s going to invade the U.S. and save all the Black people that’s getting beat down by the police all over the U.S.?”

That’s a heavy quote. She’s angry, and rightfully so, at the Whitehouse style stonewalling tactics the Minneapolis Police Department is taking in investigating her son, Philander Jenkins’ claim of being sodomized by the Hennepin County Jail staff. Read the full story here. And then if you are so moved call a city council member and demand a full medical examination for Mr. Jenkins.

If that’s not enough Minnesota monday dogooding for you then drop by the AFSCME Local 3800 and donate to the University of Minnesota Clerical Hardship Fund. In a move towards transparency the Local 3800 has a negotiations weblog, and although it hasn’t been updated in a while, it’s a good source for folks interested in the details of final offers and last proposals.