Activism

Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive
Books

Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive

Hinde investigates Scotland’s fossil-burning past and its renewable future

How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’
Food banks

How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’

The North Paddington Foodbank is helping families in London with nowhere to go

Have you noticed a wrongdoing at work? I blew the whistle on the NHS. Here’s how to speak up
Bernie Rochford

Have you noticed a wrongdoing at work? I blew the whistle on the NHS. Here’s how to speak up

Bernie Rochford lost her job in the NHS after speaking out about concerns about the care of vulnerable patients. She has since become a freedom to speak up guardian in the NHS to help others find their voice. Here’s what she has learned about speaking up

To avoid climate catastrophe we must reimagine our relationship with nature – and with each other
Cameron Saul

To avoid climate catastrophe we must reimagine our relationship with nature – and with each other

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2026: Nominate a group or person making the world a better place
Changemakers

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2026: Nominate a group or person making the world a better place

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What we can learn about the joy of community from the 17th century Digger movement
Theatre

What we can learn about the joy of community from the 17th century Digger movement

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza’
Music

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza’

This is why parliament needs to replace the e-petitions system with a House of Campaigns
Richard Ellis

This is why parliament needs to replace the e-petitions system with a House of Campaigns

Inside the mission to make Cumbria the first anti-racist county in the UK
Racism

Inside the mission to make Cumbria the first anti-racist county in the UK

Black History Month is even more important in frightening times of racist violence
Dahaba Ali Hussen

Black History Month is even more important in frightening times of racist violence

We stand against the far-right and the super-rich to stop Britain becoming Elon Musk’s playground
Izzie McIntosh

We stand against the far-right and the super-rich to stop Britain becoming Elon Musk’s playground

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?

Refugees living in the UK are terrified. Please stand with us in solidarity
Memory

Refugees living in the UK are terrified. Please stand with us in solidarity

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

Why criminalising protest won’t stop people from rising up for causes that matter
Cathy Rogers, Markus Ostarek

Why criminalising protest won’t stop people from rising up for causes that matter

From anti-war to Palestine Action: The way we protest is changing – so how did we get here?
Benjamin Abrams

From anti-war to Palestine Action: The way we protest is changing – so how did we get here?

Disability rights activists are too often erased from history. I’m on a mission to change that
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Disability rights activists are too often erased from history. I’m on a mission to change that

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

Meet the furious Gen Z protesters who want the super-rich to pay their fair share: ‘We have a voice’
Protest

Meet the furious Gen Z protesters who want the super-rich to pay their fair share: ‘We have a voice’

Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein’s ex-assistant, applauds UK’s NDA ban: ‘It’s given me faith in democracy’
Workers' rights

Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein’s ex-assistant, applauds UK’s NDA ban: ‘It’s given me faith in democracy’

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Whatever happened to Make Poverty History?
Make Poverty History

Whatever happened to Make Poverty History?

Wales wants to be anti-racist by 2030. But it won’t happen until Gypsies and Travellers get justice
Community

Wales wants to be anti-racist by 2030. But it won’t happen until Gypsies and Travellers get justice

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’?

This new play uses rap to tell the story of people in prison for crimes they didn’t commit
Evie Manning

This new play uses rap to tell the story of people in prison for crimes they didn’t commit