Lisa Ling

Covering the Uncovered

Christal Smith | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living


Christal Smith

Remember when you were just starting out and it was all you could do to cover the monthly expenses you HAD to pay-like rent and utilities-and paying...

Lisa Ling To Return To "The View" As Guest-Host

AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — Lisa Ling, a former co-host of "The View," will be back as a guest co-host for two days next month. ABC said Thursday that Ling will...

Hypocrisy Alert: Cheney Relies on the Objectivity of the Justice Department to Defend Torture

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

The gall of Cheney's statements is that he was a key part of the administration that deconstructed the objectivity of the Justice Department, which he now relies on to defend the use of torture.

Laura Ling's Sister: Reporter Touched North Korean Soil

AP | Posted 09.06.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES — Laura Ling's sister says the two American journalists briefly touched North Korean soil before they were captured and detained for...

Obama "Extraordinarily Relieved" At Safe Return Of Laura Ling, Euna Lee (VIDEO)

Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


President Obama said he is "extraordinarily relieved" at the news that U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee have safely returned to the country af...

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...

Freed Journalists Home In US After NKorea Pardon (SLIDESHOW)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 09.04.2009 | World


BURBANK, Calif. -- Two American journalists jubilantly reunited with family and friends early Wednesday upon returning to the United States with form...

Bill Clinton's North Korea Trip 'Rewards Bad Behavior': NKorea Expert

Reuters | Posted 09.03.2009 | World


SEOUL (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton made a surprise visit to North Korea on Tuesday to try to win the release of two jailed American ...

Laura Ling, Euna Lee Held In North Korean Guest House: Report

AP | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media


SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea might release two convicted American journalists if the United States offers a gesture such as an official apol...

Lisa Ling Hears From Sister Jailed In North Korea

CNN | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


Lisa Ling received an unexpected call and got "tremendous relief" when her sister Laura - who has been detained in North Korea - was on the line Tuesd...

Laura Ling: Journalists Dangers Often Go Unreported

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 07.15.2009 | New York


Steve Rosenbaum

The detention, conviction, and murder of journalists has reached almost epidemic proportions -- and rarely makes the front page.

Lee, Ling and North Korea: Are We Informed?

Farai Chideya | Posted 07.09.2009 | World


Farai Chideya

Of all the questions that come to mind when looking at the case of Lee, Ling, and North Korea, the one troubling most people I know is: What do I do?

US Journalists Arrested, Kidnapped Abroad (ROUNDUP)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.09.2009 | World


The trial and sentencing of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years in a North Korean work camp prompts the question: what other Amer...

US Negotiating With North Korea Over Journalists

AP | Posted 07.09.2009 | World


The Obama administration is working "through all possible channels" to secure the release of two young women journalists sentenced to 12 years of hard...

Lisa Ling on Her Sister's Dentention in North Korea

Christal Smith | Posted 07.05.2009 | World


Christal Smith

"I've never heard my sister in that kind of anguish. I mean it was clear that she has just have been so lonely and isolated."

Who You Callin' a Slumdog?

Sanjay Khanna | Posted 04.06.2009 | World


Sanjay Khanna

The enthusiastic embrace of Slumdog Millionaire may actually signify a sober recognition that growing inequality has become a permanent, unchangeable facet of U.S.

You Heard It On Oprah: Factory Farms Stink

Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.15.2008 | Green


Kerry Trueman

That ringing you hear is the sound of the death knell for the "don't ask, don't smell" era of factory farming.

Lisa Ling To Join CNN

Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 06.06.2008 | Media


"Oprah" special correspondent and National Geographic host Lisa Ling will join CNN for a documentary this year that follows up on the network's "Plane...