Human Population & Social Justice

Population, politics, and societal trends including race relations, structural equity, technology, and culture.

By Theresa Coble

Theresa Coble
Death of George Floyd
Trump's Phone Call With George Floyd's Family Went as Well as You'd Expect
The Root - Ishena Robinson
Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, says President Trump barely gave him a chance to speak during a recent phone conversation about the …
8 hours ago
Theresa Coble
Politics
Trump's response to police killing threatens to further deepen unrest in America, Democrats and Republicans say
CNN - By Alex Rogers, CNN
(CNN) — President Donald Trump pledged a crackdown on the protests that arose from the police killing of George Floyd, sparking concerns from some Democrats and Republicans that his response to the crisis
8 hours ago
Theresa Coble
Opinion
Our journalists are being attacked while doing their jobs. This is unacceptable.
USA TODAY - Maribel Wadsworth, Nicole Carroll and Amalie Nash
JC Reindl, a reporter for the Detroit Free Press, was withdrawing from a confrontational protest area in his city Saturday night when police began chasing him and several demonstrators with pepper spray.
1 day ago
Theresa Coble
Death of George Floyd
Momentum builds as number, spirit and variety of Floyd protests grows
Star Tribune - Miguel Otárola
They have marched for miles, slept for few hours and faced projectiles from police — all in the middle of a pandemic. And yet demonstrators who have …
3 hours ago
Theresa Coble
U.S. Politics
Tanker truck plows into Minneapolis protesters
Axios - Rebecca Falconer
Minnesota authorities said in a statement they're investigating as a criminal matter what happened with a truck that "drove into demonstrators" on a …
3 hours ago