Activism

'Football is a release, it takes away all the stress you have and you just feel free with the ball'
Nairobi's Zebstrong team at the Street Child World Cup
World Cup

'Football is a release, it takes away all the stress you have and you just feel free with the ball'

The three-part film The World Cup That Matters follows young people at the Street Child World Cup on a journey to fulfil their footballing dreams and change their lives after being homelessness on the streets
Terry Butcher: 'I feel sorry for homeless veterans'
Former England captain Terry Butcher
Letter To My Younger Self

Terry Butcher: 'I feel sorry for homeless veterans'

In pictures: What does a protest look like in modern Britain?
anti-migrant protesters waving Union Jacks
Activism

In pictures: What does a protest look like in modern Britain?

How one remarkable day in Westminster showed the power of the Big Issue to change lives
Steven MacKenzie

How one remarkable day in Westminster showed the power of the Big Issue to change lives

Legislative Theatre is bringing policymakers and homeless people together to create change
Democracy

Legislative Theatre is bringing policymakers and homeless people together to create change

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'I heard a young man talk about Holocaust denial on a train. I couldn't sit by and not challenge it'
A UK train at speed
Robin Ince

'I heard a young man talk about Holocaust denial on a train. I couldn't sit by and not challenge it'

'Anything that helps to promote the very existence of these grassroots music venues is welcome'
Music

'Anything that helps to promote the very existence of these grassroots music venues is welcome'

Five ways David Attenborough changed the world
David Attenborough with a gorilla in Rwanda as part of his 1979 Life on Earth series
Activism

Five ways David Attenborough changed the world

General Strike at 100: Could workers ever take action on the same scale again?
The General Strike in 2026
Activism

General Strike at 100: Could workers ever take action on the same scale again?

Miners are back on strike: 'I lost everything last time. I won't go back this time until it's sorted'
Industrial action

Miners are back on strike: 'I lost everything last time. I won't go back this time until it's sorted'

Together Alliance march: We're marching against far-right to fight for climate and racial justice
People are marching against hatred In London.
Asad Rehman

Together Alliance march: We're marching against far-right to fight for climate and racial justice

The Roundhouse's 'critically important' role in punk: From The Ramones to making change in 2026
The Roundhouse CEO and artistic director Marcus Davey
Changemakers 2026

The Roundhouse's 'critically important' role in punk: From The Ramones to making change in 2026

Why the hell would you write a punk song about Davos in 2026? 
An illustration of the band Asthma Kids
Music

Why the hell would you write a punk song about Davos in 2026? 

Meet the man on a mission to revolutionise Camden's historic high street: 'It's a force for change'
Art

Meet the man on a mission to revolutionise Camden's historic high street: 'It's a force for change'

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power
Documentary

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power

Palestine Action: What happens when protest is branded terror?
Palestine Action supports at the Royal Courts of Justice
Yasmine Ahmed and Lydia Gall

Palestine Action: What happens when protest is branded terror?

What next for Palestine Action? High Court judgment is important victory for the right to protest
Palestine Action supports at the Royal Courts of Justice
Victoria Tecca

What next for Palestine Action? High Court judgment is important victory for the right to protest

I shrank my own economy to live a less capitalist life. You could do it too
Society

I shrank my own economy to live a less capitalist life. You could do it too

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2026: Housing and homelessness
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2026: Housing and homelessness

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Communities and equality
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Communities and equality

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Culture and sport
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Culture and sport

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Politics and Activism
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Politics and Activism

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026
Changemakers 2026

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026

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

Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive