FBI Shoots, Kills Friend Of Boston Bombing Suspect After Questioning Him

Ibragim Todashev, 27, reportedly was connected to Tamerlan Tsarnaev through the mixed martial arts community.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. — A man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation, FBI officials said Wednesday. The shooting early Wednesday took place in Orlando, Fla., where an FBI agent along with other law enforcement personnel were interviewing the man, identified as 27-year-old

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Anatomy Of A Blame Game: Boston Bombing Suspect’s Friends Charged

As the media obsesses over charges against a group of 19-year-olds, some wonder what the societal function of finger-pointing is, or isn’t.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

One month after the detonation of two improvised explosive devices at the 2013 Boston Marathon left three people dead and more than 200 wounded, the network of individuals thought to be involved in the attack continues to expand. Three friends of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have been accused of obstructing justice. For many, the notion of

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Altruism In The Wake Of Human Destruction: A Message Of Hope

In the aftermath of the Boston Bombing tragedy, examples of human altruism that emerged perhaps showcase the best of humanity, and a glimmer of hope.

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant

“Real love is not based on attachment, but on altruism." The Dalai Lama stated this recently at a talk he gave at the Taj Mahal in Delhi. “Thus, the practice of compassion and wisdom is useful to all, especially to those responsible for running national affairs, in whose hands lie the power and opportunity to create the structure of world

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US Gun Violence Epidemic Overshadowed By Rare Acts Of ‘Terrorism’

As one million people across the greater Boston area sat in lockdown while police searched for Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev earlier this month, 11 Americans were killed elsewhere in acts of gun violence. The majority of those killed remain faceless victims, part of the 10,000 killed each year in homicides involving firearms. The Boston […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

As one million people across the greater Boston area sat in lockdown while police searched for Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev earlier this month, 11 Americans were killed elsewhere in acts of gun violence. The majority of those killed remain faceless victims, part of the 10,000 killed each year in homicides involving firearms. The Boston

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Journalism Could Be Vehicle For Peace and Justice — Boston Bombing Coverage Proves Otherwise

Carissa Wyant If it’s not confirmed, don’t report it. It’s one of the very first rules that aspiring journalists learn to live by. So if this is one of the cardinal rules of journalism, why in recent tragedies such as the Boston Marathon bombing, has the media gotten so many details wrong in reporting on […]

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant

Carissa WyantIf it’s not confirmed, don’t report it. It’s one of the very first rules that aspiring journalists learn to live by. So if this is one of the cardinal rules of journalism, why in recent tragedies such as the Boston Marathon bombing, has the media gotten so many details wrong in reporting on the event? Have journalistic principles and

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Filling the Empty Battlefield

Tom Engelhardt Chalmers Johnson’s book Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire was published in March 2000 — and just about no one noticed.  Until then, blowback had been an obscure term of CIA tradecraft, which Johnson defined as “the unintended consequences of policies that were kept secret from the American people.”  In his prologue, […]

Tom Engelhardt
By Tom Engelhardt

Tom EngelhardtChalmers Johnson’s book Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire was published in March 2000 — and just about no one noticed.  Until then, blowback had been an obscure term of CIA tradecraft, which Johnson defined as “the unintended consequences of policies that were kept secret from the American people.”  In his

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