NONCONNAH YARDS One railroad came from Chicago, bound for New Orleans Or vice versa One railroad came from Little Rock headed for Charleston Or the other way around In Nonconnah Yards south of Memphis The rails crossed My father knew that My father rode those rails Long before the Great... » read this article

Introduction: The scientific world is all aflutter about a report that describes a strong bias in funding from the National Institutes of Health (N.I.H.).  The report notes that the N.I.H. tries to make its evaluation process "color blind". This, of course, is impossible when scientists normally promote their work by... » read this article

Editor's Commentary: The people of New Orleans were first hit by Hurricane Katrina and then hit again by "Hurricane FEMA" in the U.S. In November, 2005 I left my room at the Jack London hotel in Oakland, California and went to the lobby to check out for my return trip to... » read this article

Editorial Comment: The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, decided to visit the south London suburb of Clapham where there had been serious rebelling, looting and burning of shop and cars for two nights. Boris was not very welcome as he had to interrupt his vacation to come back to England... » read this article

Anders Behring Breivik, a perfect product of the Axis of Islamophobia When I wrote my analysis last December on the “Axis of Islamophobia,"laying out a new international political network of right-wing ultra-Zionists, Christian evangelicals, Tea Party activists and racist British soccer hooligans, I did not foresee a terrorist like Anders... » read this article

Axis of Logic Reader Nasir Khan, Writer, Editor and Analyst comments on 91 dead in island massacre, bombing in Norway World News |Axisoflogic.com The enormity of the crimes of this Christian fundamentalist with extreme rightist agenda and his well-planned and methodical slaughter of so many young people baffles many of us... » read this article

Editor's Note: Baub Bidon read Jean-Guy Allard's essay: In Miami, 12 Officers Shoot Haitian over 100 Times: Where Is International Press? by  on Axis of Logic. He is one of about 70 people who commented on this article so far from 9 countries and 40 cities within the United States. Baub Bidon sent us his comment... » read this article

British universities have been under some considerable scrutiny of late, especially after it emerged that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who attempted the "Christmas Day bombing" of 2009 on a flight headed for the United States, studied as an undergraduate at University College London. The ensuing inquiry and report, released earlier this... » read this article

The turmoil that has beleaguered the Middle East for decades has been described many ways. On the 5th of June, however, the terminology turned vulgar. This enduring conflict was publically characterised as a ‘war between the civilized man and the savage'. Boldly announced with a plea to ‘support "Israel"/defeat Jihad',... » read this article

Gilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American poet, musician, and author known primarily for his work as a spoken wordperformer in the 1970s and 80s, and for his collaborative soul works with musician Brian Jackson. His collaborative efforts with Jackson featured a musical fusion... » read this article

Editor's Note: Satoshi Kanazawa started a firestorm by publish his pseudo-scientific analysis that measured black women as being less attractive than other women. Why he would want to attempt such an absurdity and why Psychology Today would publish this racist article can perhaps be best understood in terms of his... » read this article

Editor's Note: This report, particularly the video interviews, reveal the crisis in the US economy. The man in the second video talks about his own desperation and decison to leave California. The second video also reveals the xenophobia and downright ignorance of many people in the U.S. when losing their jobs... » read this article

The Australian government is to fund emergency measures to help combat suicide in Aboriginal communities in the remote Kimberley region. It has seen a sharp increase in the number of indigenous people taking their own lives. Young Aborigines are four times more likely to commit suicide than their non-indigenous counterparts.... » read this article

Suggestion from Axis of Logic: Don't miss the two stories below this report: Sixth World Week of Africa Venezuela Celebrates Afro-Descendent Month and In the Bolivarian Hall Debate on Progress and Challenges in Fighting for Afro-Venezuelan Rights Today Venezuela is making unprecedented progress in combating the historical legacy of racism... » read this article

Editor's Note: The young girl was assaulted by Robles, the police officer when she was seen puffing a cigarette, joint or cigar when Robles objected. Jeremy Marks home was later raided by the police. Jeremy's mother, Rochelle Pittman told the media that, when her neighbor Jason Glothon saw what was unfolding, "he came... » read this article

The influx of economic refugees from Tunisia has exposed deep rifts in the European Union. Italy wants help in dealing with the thousands of immigrants who have arrived since the beginning of the year, but the rest of the bloc refuses to provide it. It is just one more example... » read this article

Editor's Note: I don't know about anyone else in this room but all Eddie Murphy ever had to do to make me laugh was to show his face. What I do know however is that there has to be something I'm missing that is politically incorrect about this publication - something that will... » read this article

Editor's Comment: We have pro-war, religious fundamentalists, i.e. Christian Zionists, burning the Koran in Florida and Muslims protesting in Afghanistan. So where does the BBC place their emphasis on this story (below)? The BBC blames the killings Afghanistan on the Muslims of course even though nobody can ever be sure... » read this article

One of the incidental pleasures of the past few weeks has been watching the western media struggling to come to terms with the notion of Arab democracy. The Arabs themselves seem clear enough on the concept of a democratic revolution, but elsewhere there is much hand-wringing about whether Arabs can... » read this article

Ali Farka Toure, Great musician from Mali. R.I.P.... » read this article