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I'm in a struggling band but I keep giving our money away – here's why
Millie Manders

I'm in a struggling band but I keep giving our money away – here's why

Punk act Millie Manders and the Shutup are using their music to raise awareness – and money – for those in need
Malala Yousafzai on taking on the Taliban and why 'storytelling is the soul of activism'
Malala Yousafzai
Activism

Malala Yousafzai on taking on the Taliban and why 'storytelling is the soul of activism'

Enslaved Africans put the 'great' in Great Britain. We must give them long overdue remembrance
Enslaved Africans Memorial campaigner Oku Ekpenyon
Oku Ekpenyon

Enslaved Africans put the 'great' in Great Britain. We must give them long overdue remembrance

'We'll have to get more militant': The real winners and losers from the farm inheritance tax debate
Farming

'We'll have to get more militant': The real winners and losers from the farm inheritance tax debate

'Time to dump the housing ladder': Inside the fightback against the temporary housing crisis
Temporary Accommodation

'Time to dump the housing ladder': Inside the fightback against the temporary housing crisis

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Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: 'You don't have to be on your own at Christmas'
Jon McClure from Reverend and the Makers
Music

Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: 'You don't have to be on your own at Christmas'

Movember: Men being more attuned to their cars than their own bodies needs to change
Health

Movember: Men being more attuned to their cars than their own bodies needs to change

This Remembrance Day, let us remember the LGBTQ+ veterans dismissed and imprisoned
Craig Jones

This Remembrance Day, let us remember the LGBTQ+ veterans dismissed and imprisoned

Big Shaq comedian Michael Dapaah: 'Young people are the future – I want to help them to thrive'
Michael Dapaah

Big Shaq comedian Michael Dapaah: 'Young people are the future – I want to help them to thrive'

LGBTQ+ rights have come a long way in the last 35 years – but the work is far from done
Simon Blake

LGBTQ+ rights have come a long way in the last 35 years – but the work is far from done

The UK needed Bronski Beat in 1984. Forty years on, their pop and politics remind us to be strong
Lucy Robinson

The UK needed Bronski Beat in 1984. Forty years on, their pop and politics remind us to be strong

How Newcastle United fans are tackling food poverty one match at a time: 'There's more need than ever'
NUFC Fans Foodbank volunteer outside Newcastle United St James' Park stadium
Food poverty

How Newcastle United fans are tackling food poverty one match at a time: 'There's more need than ever'

TV star AJ Odudu on why life can be 'humbling' and how we can all restore hope
Exclusive

TV star AJ Odudu on why life can be 'humbling' and how we can all restore hope

100 students die by suicide at university each year. These parents are fighting to change that
Mental health

100 students die by suicide at university each year. These parents are fighting to change that

Why I switched sides to stop UK's first deep coal mine in more than 30 years from opening
Members of South Lakes Action on Climate Change celebrate preventing a coal mine in Cumbria
Maggie Mason

Why I switched sides to stop UK's first deep coal mine in more than 30 years from opening

Top 5 books by freedom fighters chosen by French-Algerian author Xavier Le Clerc
Books

Top 5 books by freedom fighters chosen by French-Algerian author Xavier Le Clerc

Windermere was flooded with 8,787 hours of raw sewage last year. One man is fighting back
Sewage pollution

Windermere was flooded with 8,787 hours of raw sewage last year. One man is fighting back

Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people's ignorance to the rainforest
Nemonte Nenquimo

Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people's ignorance to the rainforest

The boiling frog of domestic abuse – and why shame can't breed where the light shines
Homelessness

The boiling frog of domestic abuse – and why shame can't breed where the light shines

Actor and activist Rob Delaney on giving money to the poor, giving Starmer a chance and Deadpool
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Actor and activist Rob Delaney on giving money to the poor, giving Starmer a chance and Deadpool

France is booting homeless migrants out of Paris ahead of the Olympics – but some are fighting back
Paris Olympics 2024

France is booting homeless migrants out of Paris ahead of the Olympics – but some are fighting back

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Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists 'set a terrible example for the rest of the world'
Traffic on the M25 during a Just Stop Oil protest
Climate activism

Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists 'set a terrible example for the rest of the world'

DWP Jobcentre security guards 'suffer' and turn to food banks as wages fail to cover basics
dwp jobcentre security guards on the picket line
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP Jobcentre security guards 'suffer' and turn to food banks as wages fail to cover basics

Scotland's national poet Kathleen Jamie on why book festivals are wrong target for climate activism
Books

Scotland's national poet Kathleen Jamie on why book festivals are wrong target for climate activism

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa: 'We're facing the biggest housing crisis since World War II'
Housing

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa: 'We're facing the biggest housing crisis since World War II'