Opinion

Prisoners released into homelessness has surged 82% in two years – we're setting people up to fail
a prisoner behind prison bars
Campbell Robb

Prisoners released into homelessness has surged 82% in two years – we're setting people up to fail

I'm the HR director of a water company. We've got to make some changes in the world
Severn Trent workers.
Neil Morrison

I'm the HR director of a water company. We've got to make some changes in the world

How cancer patients could suffer after Labour's cuts to universal credit
Dr Millie Light
Millie Light

How cancer patients could suffer after Labour's cuts to universal credit

The invaluable lessons Britain must learn from the Hong Kong's 2019 pro-democracy protests
Mimi Martin

The invaluable lessons Britain must learn from the Hong Kong's 2019 pro-democracy protests

Who needs meditation when you have a garden to potter in?
Paul McNamee

Who needs meditation when you have a garden to potter in?

Can we really trust AI to tell the truth?
Lou Gilmond

Can we really trust AI to tell the truth?

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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