Activism

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'

Veterans of the 1984 miners’ strike find themselves back on the picket line. Big Issue Changemaker Marc Davenant visited them for his new exhibition on protest, ‘Rebellion!’
Greenham Women's Peace Camp: The forgotten protest against nuclear weapons that lasted 19 years
Protest

Greenham Women's Peace Camp: The forgotten protest against nuclear weapons that lasted 19 years

Striking photos show Israeli and Palestinian mothers walking barefoot through Rome to call for peace
Mothers from The Barefoot Walk. It's a global movement of Israeli and Palestinian mothers standing together to ignite hope and end the cycle of violence
Gaza

Striking photos show Israeli and Palestinian mothers walking barefoot through Rome to call for peace

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

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

Meet the community group taking on 'absentee landlords' to put empty building in hands of artists
Activism

Meet the community group taking on 'absentee landlords' to put empty building in hands of artists

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Learning and employment
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Learning and employment

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

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

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Media and campaigns
A campaign stunt by Everyone Hates Elon. Image: Everyone Hates Elon
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Media and campaigns

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

Drag Race winner Tia Kofi: 'I'm a member of the Green Party. I have cats. I'm invested in nature'
Drag star Tia Kofi in green gloves
LGBTQ+

Drag Race winner Tia Kofi: 'I'm a member of the Green Party. I have cats. I'm invested in nature'

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'

Meet the people volunteering in Ukraine amid a life of war and air strikes: 'All of society is mobilised'
Ukraine

Meet the people volunteering in Ukraine amid a life of war and air strikes: 'All of society is mobilised'

Gordon Brown: 'This can't go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable'
Exclusive

Gordon Brown: 'This can't go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable'

Comedian Suzi Ruffell: 'Laughter is a wonderful thing. It helps us see each other's humanity'
Suzi Ruffell at the Spread a Smile Comedy evening at the Comedy Store in 2025. Image: Suzan Angela Moore
Christmas

Comedian Suzi Ruffell: 'Laughter is a wonderful thing. It helps us see each other's humanity'

How do Big Issue sellers make money?
Vendor Nick Cuthbert
Activism

How do Big Issue sellers make money?

This Greater Manchester group patrols schools looking for 'outsiders' – and it's dividing the community
Heywood

This Greater Manchester group patrols schools looking for 'outsiders' – and it's dividing the community

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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

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

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

Inside the mission to make Cumbria the first anti-racist county in the UK
Anti Racist Cumbria - three people holding hands and skipping
Racism

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

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