Laura Paddison

Why Iceland Is The Best Place In The World To Be A Woman

What Women Want Now is a program by HuffPost and her sister sites dedicated to creating content about the issues and stories

08/03/2019 9:45 PM AEDT

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Finland Gave People $895 A Month, No Strings Attached. Here’s What Happened.

The world’s most prominent trial of universal basic income has ended — and the first results are in.

10/02/2019 9:40 AM AEDT

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Historian Lays Into Billionaires At Davos For Dodging The 1 Thing To Solve Inequality

“It feels like I’m at a firefighters’ conference and no one’s allowed to speak about water,” Dutch historian Rutger Bregman said in his now-viral talk.

31/01/2019 1:14 AM AEDT

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How Finland Solved Homelessness

With one ridiculously simple policy, it has almost completely eradicated street homelessness.

30/01/2019 9:45 PM AEDT

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26 Billionaires Own The Same Wealth As The Poorest 3.8 Billion People

A new economic system is needed to tackle rampant inequality, says a new Oxfam report.

21/01/2019 11:01 AM AEDT

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The City of Kiruna Is Being Relocated So It Doesn't Get Swallowed By A Mine

The Arctic city is moving 2 miles away to stop it falling into the mine that created it.

05/12/2018 9:45 PM AEDT

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This Country Publishes Everyone’s Income on ‘National Jealousy Day’

It has been described as an "annual orgy of financial voyeurism."

03/11/2018 3:03 AM AEDT

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Area Of Plastic In The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is More Than Twice The Size Of France

There’s up to 16 times more trash than scientists had thought.

23/03/2018 6:16 AM AEDT

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These 3 Numbers May Make You Think Twice About Black Friday Shopping

Inreasing consumerism is impacting the environment.

25/11/2017 2:00 AM AEDT

Bleak New Data Show Just How Long Women Around The World Will Be Waiting For Equal Pay

Global gender equality declined this year for the first time since WEF began tracking it.

03/11/2017 6:34 AM AEDT

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Note Given By Albert Einstein In Lieu Of Tip Sells For More Than $2 Million

“Maybe if you’re lucky those notes will become much more valuable than just a regular tip,” the physicist reportedly told the bellboy.

26/10/2017 7:37 AM AEDT

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Women Around The World Are Harassed And Abused On Public Transport

A new report affirms what many people already know: Harassment and physical abuse are preventing women around the world from

20/10/2017 1:21 AM AEDT

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These 7 Numbers Show How Global Poverty Remains A Huge Problem

More than 1 billion people escaped the grind of extreme poverty – defined as living on less than $1.90 a day – between 1990

17/10/2017 1:18 PM AEDT

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