The US House passed a bill on Thursday with bipartisan support to deport or deny US entry to illegal aliens who are convicted of sex offenses or other crimes involving domestic violence, stalking, and child abuse or neglect.
North Carolina law regarding the surrender and removal of firearms from persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders likely remains constitutional.
Two recent cases offer clues about how Democratic and Republican N.C. Supreme Court justices approach cases involving convicted criminals.
A domestic-violence shelter in Wilson uses a model for combating social problems that draws support from across the political spectrum.
The city of High Point is making national headlines for its innovative approach to combating the scourge of domestic violence. Nearby Lexington has adopted the same model.
Women's issues extend far beyond those touted by the political Left.
RALEIGH — A news article in The Daily Tar Heel April 24 contained a shocking lead: “A woman is raped every two minutes. Almost one in every four women between the ages of 18 and 24 is a survivor of sexual assault.” No sources for this information are given — which is mildly surprising since it is published in the campus newspaper for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a UNC flagship university with a well-known school of journalism. It is not, however, unusual for any campus discussion of that particular subject.
In March a group of about 50 women's rights activists from the North Carolina mountains plans to present state legislators with a "new" agenda on the needs of women in the state.
The Independent Women's Forum has released a major review of textbooks used in college Women's Studies departments. The review, authored by senior fellow Chistine Stolba, challenges the "propaganda, not scholarship," being put forth by women's studies textbooks.
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