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At the time of filming the Four Corners documentary, Hayden Burns was struggling with bullying at school, as well as his parents' constant arguments

Hayden became the face of Australian poverty when his family invited viewers inside their crumbling home. Now they’re in new digs – but there are some troubles they can’t escape…

The howls and screams. The blazing rows. The day-to-day struggle just to…
How Selena Gomez overcame poverty, break up with Justin Bieber and debilitating health problem to become a billionaire

How Selena Gomez overcame poverty, break up with Justin Bieber and debilitating health problem to become a billionaire

BORN into poverty to a teenage mum, Selena Gomez remembers times when…
JAPA: Nigerian family in abject poverty after relocating to Canada

JAPA: Nigerian family in abject poverty after relocating to Canada

A Nigerian man who sold his properties to relocate to Canada with…
Anger at new orders to give 'deprived' criminals softer sentences: Warning guidelines will make bad education, drug addiction and poverty excuses to commit crimes

Anger at new orders to give 'deprived' criminals softer sentences: Warning guidelines will make bad education, drug addiction and poverty excuses to commit crimes

Telling judges to consider handing more lenient sentences to offenders from ‘deprived’…
Inside Steve Wright’s meteoric rise from growing up in poverty to becoming UK’s most-loved radio DJ as he dies aged 69

Inside Steve Wright’s meteoric rise from growing up in poverty to becoming UK’s most-loved radio DJ as he dies aged 69

STEVE Wright’s army of devoted fans are in mourning following the news…
The Burns family (pictured a 2016 Facebook photo) took part in a Four Corners documentary titled Growing Up Poor in 2012

Hayden became the face of Australian poverty when his family opened up their home to an ABC Four Corners crew 11 years ago. This is his life today – and it will break your heart

EXCLUSIVE  A Sydney family from a housing estate on the city’s western fringe…
About 20% of counties in the South are marked by “persistent poverty.”

Yes, the South Has a Poverty Crisis

About 20% of counties in the South are marked by “persistent poverty.”…
Outspoken Yes campaigner Noel Pearson has issued a scathing takedown of radio host Neil Mitchell ahead of the referendum for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament

Voice referendum: Noel Pearson slams Neil Mitchell for ‘sitting in a radio cube’ while he ‘works in the stony fields of poverty, misery and hungry children’ – and paints a bleak picture of Australia’s future if No vote wins

Outspoken Yes campaigner Noel Pearson has issued a scathing takedown of radio…
Biden is boosting ‘equality’ in the US — by making everyone poorer

Biden is boosting ‘equality’ in the US — by making everyone poorer

The latest Census Bureau report on income and poverty could hardly have…
A travel blogger has captured the stark realities of what it's really like to live in Gary, Indiana - a city that has the country's lowest life expectancy and one of the highest homicide rates

The brutal reality of life in America's 'most MISERABLE' city: Residents of Gary, Indiana – former 'murder capital of US' – lay bare horrifying tales of poverty and crime, admitting they're scared to walk in the street over fears of being robbed or SHOT

A travel blogger has captured the stark realities of what it’s really like…