Activism

Meet the primary school children with big ideas to end homelessness in the UK
Homelessness

Meet the primary school children with big ideas to end homelessness in the UK

Kneecap rapper Mo Chara’s ‘terrorism’ charge: Is it about free speech, Palestine or something more?
Kneecap

Kneecap rapper Mo Chara’s ‘terrorism’ charge: Is it about free speech, Palestine or something more?

How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: ‘It’s one of the best things you can do’
Football

How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: ‘It’s one of the best things you can do’

When the world seems polarised, volunteering has a way of unifying people and rebuilding hope
Volunteering

When the world seems polarised, volunteering has a way of unifying people and rebuilding hope

I spent a year undercover as a far-right activist. Here’s seven things I learned
Far right

I spent a year undercover as a far-right activist. Here’s seven things I learned

Renowned photographer Misan Harriman on Black Lives Matter, Gaza and finding hope in protest
Protest

Renowned photographer Misan Harriman on Black Lives Matter, Gaza and finding hope in protest

Whatever happened to Make Poverty History?
Make Poverty History

Whatever happened to Make Poverty History?

As the government moves to ban Palestine Action, are terror laws being used for ‘political policing’?
Protest

As the government moves to ban Palestine Action, are terror laws being used for ‘political policing’?

These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it
Climate activism

These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it

Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: ‘We’re in a fight’
Big Issue Ambassadors

Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: ‘We’re in a fight’

‘Neighbours are more trusted than government’: When crisis hits, communities are saving themselves
Community

‘Neighbours are more trusted than government’: When crisis hits, communities are saving themselves

‘You don’t have to be a celebrity to make an impact’: Big Issue’s Covid heroes, five years on
Five years since the pandemic

‘You don’t have to be a celebrity to make an impact’: Big Issue’s Covid heroes, five years on

‘Welfare not warfare’: Disabled people hold Downing Street protest over Spring Statement benefit cuts
Spring Statement

‘Welfare not warfare’: Disabled people hold Downing Street protest over Spring Statement benefit cuts

Covid got us all in mutual aid groups. Five years on, what happened to the lockdown anarchists?
Five years since the pandemic

Covid got us all in mutual aid groups. Five years on, what happened to the lockdown anarchists?

The remarkable story of Fare Dodgers’ Liberation Front and their fight for free public transport
10Foot Takeover

The remarkable story of Fare Dodgers’ Liberation Front and their fight for free public transport

We must prepare for a hard-right election win in 2029, says Museum of Homelessness founder
10Foot Takeover

We must prepare for a hard-right election win in 2029, says Museum of Homelessness founder

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How Canada’s next prime minister Mark Carney came to be inspired by Big Issue
Canada

How Canada’s next prime minister Mark Carney came to be inspired by Big Issue

Japanese atomic bomb survivor Jiro Hamasumi: ‘Nuclear weapons must not coexist with humanity’
Nuclear disarmament

Japanese atomic bomb survivor Jiro Hamasumi: ‘Nuclear weapons must not coexist with humanity’

Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’
Disability activism

Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’

Meet the 83-year-old activist who’s fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong
Activism

Meet the 83-year-old activist who’s fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong