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TWILF Definition?: Sarah Palin Called TWILF In Current TV Cartoon (VIDEO)

Posted 11.16.2009 | Comedy


Former Alaska Governor and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is associated with the word 'twilf' in a cartoon on Current TV called "The Stupid Vir...

Target Women: Broadview Security

Sarah Haskins | Posted 11.13.2009 | Comedy


Sarah Haskins

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Al Gore's Current TV Lays Off 80 Staff, Changes Direction

Lisa Derrick | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media


Lisa Derrick

The pioneering, Emmy-Award winning channel was originally conceived by Gore and businessman Joe Hyatt as a peer-to-peer news and information network.

Recession Killing Nonprofits?

Max Lugavere | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact


Max Lugavere

Jason and I stopped in to visit Douglas Caballero on Current Exposed to fill him in on our favorite charity causes and non-profits that need your help -- despite the economic downturn.

Target Women: Beauty Contraptions

Sarah Haskins | Posted 10.18.2009 | Comedy


Sarah Haskins

Beauty is an important part of American culture. But so are machines. And when they get together...wow.

Use Technology, Seize The Moment, Change The World

Jason Silva | Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact


Jason Silva

What has always excited us about Current is its call for audience participation and engagement. Finally, a platform for meaningful exchange, existing on television, taking the high road and believing that sharing our stories can change the world.

Facebook News Flash (VIDEO)

Posted 10.07.2009 | Comedy


What if your Facebook feed was made into an actual newscast? Turns out it would be pretty darn dull, but hilarious if satirized properly. All that cra...

Target Women: How To Get Hot Chicks

Sarah Haskins | Posted 10.02.2009 | Comedy


Sarah Haskins

Ever wondered how to improve your dating life? Maybe it's time you watched a few commercials and saw how mini-burgers can make a major change.

Target Women: Back 2 School (VIDEO)

Sarah Haskins | Posted 11.18.2009 | Comedy


Sarah Haskins

Please Don't Change, VH1! (NSFW VIDEO)

Posted 10.21.2009 | Comedy


Now that a contestant on a VH1 reality TV show has killed himself after brutally murdering his wife, the network is reconsidering some of their trashi...

Journalists Laura Ling And Euna Lee Break Silence On North Korea Capture, Release

AP | LISA LEFF and HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media


SAN FRANCISCO — Two American television reporters imprisoned in North Korea for months say communist soldiers "violently dragged" them back when...

North Korean Diplomats Secretly in Los Angeles Last Week

Richard Walden | Posted 09.26.2009 | World


Richard Walden

There were the obvious public statements issued after the US journalists returned from North Korea, but the off-radar, embargoed news was potentially as important as a thaw in our relations.

The Rescue of Ling, Lee, and the National Mood

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics


Madeleine M. Kunin

When the two women disembarked, after tears, hugs and kisses, Bill Clinton chose not to speak. This said more about the former president than any of his words could have conveyed.

Old Home Week: Bill and Al, Together Again

Jackson Williams | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


Jackson Williams

After Bush put the kibosh on direct dealings with North Korea, leading to eight long years of failure to stop its nuclear ambitions, it's good to see the art of realpolitik take center stage again.

The Future of Netroots: GOP Disruptions, DailyKos, and the Role of OfA

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 09.05.2009 | Media


Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

With Netroots Nation coming up next week, we have joining us DailyKos General Manager Will Rockafellow for today's Wilshire & Washington podcast.

Al Gore Welcomes Euna Lee, Lisa Ling Home (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.05.2009 | World


Former Vice President Al Gore welcomed home the two American journalists who had been detained in North Korea. The journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Lin...

"Free At last! Free At last! Thank God Almighty, (They) Are Free At Last!"

Michelle Kraus | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics


Michelle Kraus

Citizen journalists beware. Watch where you step! Don't hike over borders of hostile governments for the next year or two. Give Obama and Clinton time to rebuild American relations.

Tweet Release: Timeline of @LiberateLaura

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics


Karen Dalton-Beninato

As exuberance following the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee from North Korea rules the trending topics on Twitter, I asked Richard Horgan for a statement on his e-activism through @LiberateLaura.

Target Women: Doofy Husbands

Sarah Haskins | Posted 08.31.2009 | Comedy


Sarah Haskins

Commercials provide incontrovertible evidence that the villain of the Modern Woman is, in fact, her doofy husband. Ladies, beware! For you too may be harboring a man doing more harm than husbanding.

Target Women: Dating Advice

Sarah Haskins | Posted 08.17.2009 | Comedy


Sarah Haskins

For every love problem, there is a solution if you can just find the right dating advice book. Is he just not that into you? Is he way too into you? Is he standing outside your door despite the restraining order?

Target Women: Hair

Sarah Haskins | Posted 08.03.2009 | Comedy


Sarah Haskins

Target Women: Charm School

Sarah Haskins | Posted 07.28.2009 | Comedy


Sarah Haskins

They have taken the women from "Rock of Love Bus" and "Real Chance At Love" and put them in a house together to learn the finer arts of charm. Also, to get sh*t-faced and bitch slap each other.

Laura Ling, Euna Lee Families Appeal To N. Korea

cnn.com | Posted 07.18.2009 | World


Family members of two U.S. journalists imprisoned in North Korea said they are worried about the women's well-being and are pleading for their release...

After North Korea: Why Reporters Take Risks (VIDEO)

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.18.2009 | World


Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Josh Wolf was willing to spend 226 days in jail for his story. We visit him in San Francisco to talk to him about why reporters put themselves in dangerous situations.

Target Women: Lady Friends

Sarah Haskins | Posted 07.13.2009 | Comedy


Sarah Haskins

But what dudes might not know is what goes on when they aren't around. Do we talk about sex? Boys? No. We love to talk about helpful products. All the time. Any place.