A powerful photograph that apparently shows two young boys in Iraq expressing their solidarity with the people of Boston has gone viral this week. Posted online Tuesday by Facebook group “America Loves Iraq”, the photo is said to have been taken by Muslim Peacemaker Teams (MPT), an international organization of peace activists working in Iraq. Kevin Gosztola, of progressive news blogging site Firedoglake, was one of the first to surface the image online. (via Children In Iraq ‘Mourn With Boston’ (PHOTOS))

In the U.S., 56 percent of terrorist attacks and plots have been perpetrated by right-wing extremists, 30 percent by eco-terrorists and 12 percent by Islamic extremists. The Southern Poverty Law Center recently reported the highest number of extremist hate groups ever recorded in U.S. history, with the sharp rise attributed to massive growths in white supremacist, anti-immigrant and radical anti-government groups. Anti-Muslim hate groups have also increased by 300 percent. No one denies that radicalized Muslim violence is a problem, as evidenced by Nidal Hassan Malik, the unhinged Army major who killed 13 soldiers at Fort Hood and injured 31, and Faisal Shahzad, the failed Times Square bomber. (via I am not the Tsarnaevs - Salon.com)

One week ago — at approximately 2:50 p.m. on Monday — the first of two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. This image, taken from the NBC broadcast of the race, shows the flash of the explosion and the final split-second of normalcy before the area turned into what witnesses described as a war zone. Here are the stories of the runners, spectators and others seen in this image. (via A Moment From the Boston Marathon, Audio and Stories - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com)

The murder of Stephen Lawrence shocked Britain and forced the country to take a hard look at itself. On the 20th anniversary of his death we ask Robert Beckford, Helen Oyeyemi, Diane Abbott, Ashley Walters, Kele Okereke and Estelle what impact his death had on them and society (via Twenty years after Stephen Lawrence’s murder, what’s changed? | UK news | The Guardian)

Crowdsourcing the Boston bombing investigation - Tech Tonic (by ReutersTV)

(via Media Business and the Future of Journalism (JEM499): Newspaper Ad Revenues Continue Decline)

HUNDREDS of people have marched through central Sydney demanding an end to police brutality and an independent investigation into allegations of excessive force at the recent Mardi Gras. Politicians and gay rights activists have been calling for an independent inquiry into the actions of police at Saturday’s Mardi Gras after a video emerged showing a handcuffed 18-year-old, Jamie Jackson, being thrown to the ground by an officer at the festival. (via Hundreds march against ‘police brutality’ at last week’s Mardi Gras | thetelegraph.com.au)

YouTube Landmarks by Michael Wesch’s Digital Ethnography project

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One Direction - Little Things PARODY!! Key Of Awesome #68! (by Barely Political)

Taylor Swift - “I Knew You Were Trouble” PARODY (by BartBaKer)

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