There were nearly 8,000 victims. Now, the few hundred who are still alive may finally get what they want. State House and Senate leaders reached a deal that could give a one-time payment to living ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. — Between July 1946 and June 1968, 43 sterilizations were performed in McDowell County as part of the state’s eugenics program. Today, a state foundation seeking to provide ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Victims of North Carolina’s forced sterilization program say they will fight to get compensation that will not be coming from the state legislature. "They knew. They knew they was ...

(Reuters) - California has agreed to pay reparations to those who were forcibly sterilized under old laws aimed at people deemed unfit to have children. The legislation, years in the making, will ...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The General Assembly is poised to vote on the proposed $21 billion state budget. This time around, the plan offers $10 million to compensate victims of the state’s forced ...

Even as a young girl, the shadow of a dark history hung over Orlice Hodges. At seven years old, she remembers her grandmother offering an explanation — chilling in retrospect — of what happened to ...

Colloquy Live: Read the transcript of a live, online discussion on a eugenics program in Cyprus that enjoys wide support, with Ruth Schwartz Cowan, a professor of the history and sociology of science ...

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RALEIGH — North Carolina officials have mailed paperwork to 800 people who have previously identified themselves as victims of the state's forced sterilization so they can verify their eligibility for ...