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Chris Packham: Act now to prevent early deaths due to air pollution
Guest Columnist

Chris Packham: Act now to prevent early deaths due to air pollution

Philip Lymbery: Why factory farming is a wildlife disaster
Guest Columnist

Philip Lymbery: Why factory farming is a wildlife disaster

#ActivistArmy on the march!
Activist Army
The Big Issue

#ActivistArmy on the march!

John Bird: Old clothes, old music, old ideas. At least consumerism moves on
John Bird

John Bird: Old clothes, old music, old ideas. At least consumerism moves on

Damian Barr: This general election, let’s look closer to home
Damian Barr

Damian Barr: This general election, let’s look closer to home

John Bird: My brother's short life is a lesson in prevention
John Bird

John Bird: My brother's short life is a lesson in prevention

We want the cycle of poverty to be broken
Paul McNamee

We want the cycle of poverty to be broken

Bite The Ballot: Calling the real generals to the election
Michael Sani

Bite The Ballot: Calling the real generals to the election

Paul McNamee: Don’t be dogged by Brexit
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: Don’t be dogged by Brexit

John Bird: Stepping back in time made me see modern Britain’s not so bad
John Bird

John Bird: Stepping back in time made me see modern Britain’s not so bad

Samira Ahmed: We turned a blind eye and society’s values slipped
Samira Ahmed

Samira Ahmed: We turned a blind eye and society’s values slipped

How do we fix a care industry on the brink? Put people first
Amelia Seeto

How do we fix a care industry on the brink? Put people first

John Bird: Any cry to slow London's pace of change has fallen on deaf ears
John Bird

John Bird: Any cry to slow London's pace of change has fallen on deaf ears

Paul McNamee: We can’t have our cake and eat it
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: We can’t have our cake and eat it

John Bird: Marylebone's wealth is obscuring the diversity of its past
John Bird

John Bird: Marylebone's wealth is obscuring the diversity of its past

Council Tax: What is the alternative?
Adam Forrest

Council Tax: What is the alternative?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Robert Macfarlane: The nature of our words
Guest Columnist

Robert Macfarlane: The nature of our words

Victoria Anderson: We must not sleepwalk into trusting fake news
Guest Columnist

Victoria Anderson: We must not sleepwalk into trusting fake news

Peter Geoghegan: 'Take back control' is all well and good, but back to where?
Guest Columnist

Peter Geoghegan: 'Take back control' is all well and good, but back to where?

John Bird: Westminster attack shows prevention is key
John Bird

John Bird: Westminster attack shows prevention is key

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