Equanimity

e·qua·nim·i·ty

Pronunciation Key - [ee-kwuh-nim-i-tee, ek-wuh-]–nounmental or emotional stability or composure, esp. under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium.

‘Dem Jena Boys

Brought to my attention by the Mama Jasai.

“Black community leaders in Chicago on Saturday sought to keep the spotlight on the racially charged “Jena 6″ case in Louisiana a day after a state appeals court there threw out a felony conviction against one of the teen defendants.Both Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton pledged [...]

OJ Arrested! Again!

Police arrested O.J. Simpson on Sunday, saying he was part of an armed group who burst into a Las Vegas hotel room and snatched memorabilia that documented his own sports career, long ago eclipsed by scandal.
If convicted of the booking charges, Simpson would face up to 30 years in state prison [...]

The Resegregation of Alabama

After white parents in Tuscaloosa, Alabama complained about school overcrowding, the school board approved a school rezoning. The results: all but a handful of the hundreds of students required to move this fall were black — and many were sent to virtually all-black, low-performing schools.
School superintendent Joyce Levey denies that race had anything to [...]

Texas clemency for death row man convicted under Texas "law of parties"

Kenneth Foster, pictured, was convicted under Texas’ “law of parties,” which abolishes the distinction between the main perpetrator of a crime and an accomplice.

“Governor Rick Perry commuted Kenneth Foster’s death sentence to life after a recommendation from the parole board.

“Foster, now 30, was convicted under a Texas law allowing accomplices to a crime that [...]