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Aging Immigrants Often Work as Unpaid Caretakers

By Sharon Johnson ● Arts & Culture ● July 6, 2015

If you reach retirement age without any Social Security checks to keep you going, it often means you just keep on doing the same unpaid or low-wage work. “These women are an invisible population,” says the leader of an advocacy group.

State Lawmakers Target Guns and Domestic Abusers

By Sharon Johnson ● Crime & Law ● June 29, 2015

In the wake of the latest mass shooting in the U.S., gun control frustration is back in the headlines. One area of activism: 20 states where politicians are trying to fill loopholes in the current federal gun-control law that leave women vulnerable.

Lifelong Wage Gaps Shrink Women’s Social Security Checks

By Sharon Johnson ● Employment ● May 27, 2015

Trends in female employment all add up to a “perfect storm” for women’s retirement, says a labor economist. Those trends also raise women’s stakes in any election-year discussion of adding or subtracting from Social Security.

Wage Segregation Robs Women in Peak Earning Years

By Sharon Johnson ● Employment ● March 2, 2015

It could account for 7 percent to 10 percent of the wage gap but there’s so little data it’s hard to know. After 5,000 New York school guards won a big settlement last year the family of one 45-year-old mother of two suddenly had $7,000 more a year.

GOP Congress Threatens Overseas Family Planning

By Sharon Johnson ● Health & Science ● January 12, 2015

Rep. Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican, is expected to propose legislation that would permanently impose the Mexico City Policy, which has been a political flashpoint for three decades. United Nations health programs are a target too.

Michelle Nunn May Face Senate PAC-Funded Run-off

By Sharon Johnson ● Politics ● November 4, 2014

Female Turnout in Iowa Looks Risky for Joni Ernst

By Sharon Johnson ● Politics ● October 31, 2014

Her emphasis on tax reduction, repeal of the Affordable Care Act and opposition to gun control may fall short Nov. 4 if women who support Democrat Bruce Braley’s kitchen-table economic policies turn out in force.

‘Eleanor’s Hope’ Puts Retirement Gap into Races

By Sharon Johnson ● Uncategorized ● October 15, 2014

The initiative backed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren seeks Social Security benefits for caregivers. NOW is collecting pledges by women across the country to turn out and vote for candidates who will support the initiative.

Allison Grimes Makes Big-Bucks Push in Kentucky

By Sharon Johnson ● Politics ● September 29, 2014

The 35-year-old’s battle for the Senate seat of 72-year-old Mitch McConnell is testing partisan nerves and attracting so much super PAC spending it could be the most expensive Senate race in U.S. history.

Super PACs Backing Women in 7 Key Senate Races

By Sharon Johnson ● Politics ● September 2, 2014

One of the beneficiaries is Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, who is trying to unseat Republican Mitch McConnell. First of a series on money, women and the fight for the Senate.

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