left News

left News From AOL News

Liberal? It Might Be in Your Genes

(Oct. 28) -- Political ideologies often seem ingrained within families. But our ideologies might start even before we're born, according to new research suggesting that behavior in the voting booth is affected by our biological roots. A collaborative effort by researchers at Harvard and the University of California, San...

Democrats Try to Fire Up Stoner Vote

(Oct. 6) -- Marijuana users are not famous for being motivated to do much of anything, but the Democrats are hoping they might be able to draw them to the polls in 2012 with the alluring scent of legal weed. In California, some pollsters are saying that Democrats are experiencing a boost from young voters motivated by...

Obama's Evasion of Gay Marriage Issue Irks Left

(Aug. 23) -- Nearly a month after California's Proposition 8 was struck down in federal court, the state of same-sex marriage on a national level has scarcely been dicier. Over at The New Republic, for instance, James Downie has assembled a timeline of President Barack Obama's statements on gay marriage dating back to...

Rare Male 'Torbie' Kitten Found at Atlanta Shelter

(June 25) -- The odds aren't quite one in a million, but when you weigh all of the factors that brought Right -- a male tortoiseshell and tabby mix called a "torbie" -- to the Atlanta Humane Society, they might as well be. One look at Right's orange and black coloring and striped markings and it's obvious the cat's a...