North Carolina
North Carolina to pay $50,000 to sterilization victims
January 26, 2012A North Carolina task force has recommended that victims of forced sterilization be awarded $50,000 as compensation for the tobacco state's eugenics program.
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Thousands of women in North Carolina victims of sterilization
November 7, 2011Over 7,600 women in the state of North Carolina alone were victims of forced sterilization according to recent news reports.
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Tobacco workers exposed to human rights abuse
October 27, 2011Farm workers face job-related hazards, including heat stroke, pesticide, and acute nicotine poisoning.
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North Carolina: where homophobia is law
September 15, 2011"Being gay is an abomination. Gay people are going to Hell." That's what Rep. Marcus Brandon heard a speaker say at the House Rules Committee meeting
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Farmworkers fight for rights in the tobacco fields
August 4, 2010GREENSBORO, N.C. - Nine migrant farmworkers have died in fields across the state from heat stroke, and others suffer from nicotine poisoning and exposure to deadly chemicals.
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