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Opinion

Asylum hotel protests aren't 'legitimate concerns'. They’re a failure to combat far-right narratives
anti-immigration protesters behind a fence
Griff Ferris and Sadaf Ahmed

Asylum hotel protests aren't 'legitimate concerns'. They’re a failure to combat far-right narratives

Comedian Hasan Al-Habib: 'We need to talk about white privilege'
Hasan Al-Abib

Comedian Hasan Al-Habib: 'We need to talk about white privilege'

One year on from the riots: The real-world cost of anti-women and anti-refugee politics
A woman holding up a sign saying 'HEAR US'
Carenza Arnold

One year on from the riots: The real-world cost of anti-women and anti-refugee politics

Is the Timms Review of disability benefit PIP just a tick-box exercise?
stephen timms
Mikey Erhardt

Is the Timms Review of disability benefit PIP just a tick-box exercise?

Poverty doesn't take a break in the summer holidays – and baby banks don't either
Image of boxes full of baby supplies
Emilie De Bruijn

Poverty doesn't take a break in the summer holidays – and baby banks don't either

Here's why it could be time to embrace the four-day week
Paul McNamee

Here's why it could be time to embrace the four-day week

Could 16 and 17-year-olds really decide the next election?
Banseka Kayembe

Could 16 and 17-year-olds really decide the next election?

Is Lena Dunham's Too Much basically just Emily in Paris with red phone boxes?
Lucy Sweet

Is Lena Dunham's Too Much basically just Emily in Paris with red phone boxes?

Why criminalising protest won't stop people from rising up for causes that matter
Black and white image of protestors for Black Lives Matter
Cathy Rogers, Markus Ostarek

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

I'm a social worker – don't judge me for it
Clair Graham

I'm a social worker – don't judge me for it

At London Trans+ Pride, I march for a future that teenage me didn't think I'd have
London Trans+ Pride
Oscar Sharples

At London Trans+ Pride, I march for a future that teenage me didn't think I'd have

Baby banks in London have run out of nappies
Emeline, volunteer at Little Village's Brent baby bank holding a pack of pampers
Emily Compston

Baby banks in London have run out of nappies

We need to end health inequalities for trans and non-binary people – let's start with GP services
Louise Ansari

We need to end health inequalities for trans and non-binary people – let's start with GP services

Few trafficking and modern slavery survivors get counselling. They have to face their trauma alone
a therapist with a client
Kate

Few trafficking and modern slavery survivors get counselling. They have to face their trauma alone

Farage says Reform will halve crime in Britain. Here's why his policies would only make things worse
Pavan Dhaliwal

Farage says Reform will halve crime in Britain. Here's why his policies would only make things worse

Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we're still treated like we don't belong
social care crisis sees care workers experiencing low pay
Munya Radzi

Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we're still treated like we don't belong

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The simple reason employers must publish salaries on job adverts
Nyree Ambarchian

The simple reason employers must publish salaries on job adverts

Pensioners in poverty are isolated and eating only one meal a day – they need help
silhouette of an elderly man leaning on a walking stick
Morgan Vine

Pensioners in poverty are isolated and eating only one meal a day – they need help

Baby banks have quietly become a vital service for new parents – why have we allowed it?
Giovanna Fletcher

Baby banks have quietly become a vital service for new parents – why have we allowed it?

Labour promised to reduce health inequality – here's how they can deliver
Mark Heffernan

Labour promised to reduce health inequality – here's how they can deliver