{"id":147231,"date":"2025-06-16T11:35:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=147231"},"modified":"2025-06-16T11:35:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:35:26","slug":"once-poor-always-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=147231","title":{"rendered":"Once poor, always poor?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8v3Elzso2O4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One in four of Berlin\u2019s children lives in poverty. The district of Marzahn-Hellersdorf is a particular hotbed of social disadvantage. People who grow up here have little-to-no chance of upward social mobility. But that doesn\u2019t stop them from fighting for their rightful places in society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One in four of Berlin\u2019s children lives in poverty. The district of Marzahn-Hellersdorf is a particular hotbed of social disadvantage. People who grow up here have little-to-no chance of upward social mobility. 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