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Women's Rights
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NC House members recall late Rep. 'B' Holt
Members of the North Carolina House recalled a late Alamance County lawmaker for her courage and fighting spirit for women and for Democrats during her political career.
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Disco Queen Donna Summer dies at 63
Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty -- the Queen of Disco.
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Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, dies at 63
Disco queen Donna Summer, whose pulsing anthems such as "Last Dance," ''Love to Love You Baby" and "Bad Girls" became the soundtrack for a glittery age of sex, drugs, dance and flashy clothes, has died. She was 63.
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France New Government
Newly appointed French Women's Rights Minister and government spokesman Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, right, shakes hands with outgoing Budget minister and spokeswoman Valerie Pecresse, at their handover ceremony Thursday May 17, 2012 at the Bercy ministry in Paris.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
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France New Government
French President Francois Hollande, second right, and Prime Minister Jean-Luc Ayrault, center, pose with women of the cabinet after the first weekly cabinet meeting Thursday, May 17, 2012 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. First row from the left: Housing Minister Cecile Duflot, Women's Rights minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Social Affairs Minister Marisol Touraine, Justice Minister Christiane Taubira, right. second row from the left: Deputy Justice Minister delphine Batho, Deputy Education Minister George Pau-Langevin, Sports Minister Valerie Fourneyron, Culture Minister Aurelie Filippeti, Family Affairs Dominique Bertinotti, State Labor Minister Marylise Lebranchu, Environment Minister Nicole Bricq. Top from the left: Minister for Small Business and the Digital Economy Fleur Pellerin, Deputy minister in charge of French citizen living abroad and French speaking countries Yamina Benguigui , second right, and Ederly People Minister Michele Delaunay. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Afghanistan Tortured Girl.JPEG
FILE- In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 file photo, Sahar Gul 15-year-old is carried on a wheelchair at the hospital in Baghlan north of Kabul, Afghanistan. The in-laws of a child bride who became the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for torture, abuse and human rights violations, a judge said Saturday, May 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Jawed Basharat, File)
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Republicans call women's issues report card partisan scare tactic
NC Women United, a coalition of left-leaning women's groups, on Monday gave the Republican leaders in the state House and Senate failing grades on women's issues for their work in the last legislative session.
by the assertion that our policies are somehow directly aimed at restricting women's rights -- house GOP budget writer Maryland Cadillac. Rhetoric on this tight she added is unproductive and unnecessary. -
Groups give GOP-led legislature failing grade on women's issues
NC Women United, a coalition of left-leaning women's groups, on Monday gave the Republican leaders in the state House and Senate failing grades on women's issues for their work in the last legislative session.
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Democratic candidates for governor debate
The three leading candidates for the Democratic nomination meet again Tuesday to debate who should run for governor.
trying to protect your drinking water have been fighting for women and women's rights . I've been trying to keep these Republicans from gutting the racial justice act in making it more difficult for African Americans divert. -
Weekend Plans: First Friday, Harlem Globetrotters, theater for kids, more
Downtown Raleigh museums stay open late Friday for First Fridays. The Harlem Globetrotters are in town. And a leading young adult author visits Raleigh. Here's your weekend family fun!
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