Opinion

British Muslims are 'disenfranchised at every level’
British Muslims
Cost of living crisis

British Muslims are 'disenfranchised at every level’

‘We’re facing a policy-driven public health calamity’: Trussell Trust's devastating report
Trussell Trust food banks
Food banks

‘We’re facing a policy-driven public health calamity’: Trussell Trust's devastating report

How local politics has wilted in Westminster’s shadow
Image: The Big Issue
Local elections

How local politics has wilted in Westminster’s shadow

The cost of living crisis has left us in a state of emergency. The government must act
Hands counting coins
Paul McNamee

The cost of living crisis has left us in a state of emergency. The government must act

Is Rishi Sunak's anti-social behaviour plan a step too far? We asked you
Your Views

Is Rishi Sunak's anti-social behaviour plan a step too far? We asked you

We can take legal action to force the government to act on climate targets
Earth Day
Earth Day

We can take legal action to force the government to act on climate targets

Stopgap politics won't cut it. We need proper forward planning
Stopgap politics - John Bird
John Bird

Stopgap politics won't cut it. We need proper forward planning

Joe Biden spoke in Belfast about 25 years of peace. Here's why it matters
Joe Biden makes a speech
Paul McNamee

Joe Biden spoke in Belfast about 25 years of peace. Here's why it matters

Rent help for the unemployed doesn't extend to those still living at home
key ring in an outstretched hand
Letters

Rent help for the unemployed doesn't extend to those still living at home

UK aid budget cuts are part of a much deeper problem
A Rohingya man carries a UK Aid bag in a refugee camp in Bangladesh
Paul Abernethy

UK aid budget cuts are part of a much deeper problem

As ever, it is women who are left to carry the load
Iceland loans
Paul McNamee

As ever, it is women who are left to carry the load

John Bird's Easter Story
John Bird

John Bird's Easter Story

Good Friday Agreement 25 years on: What is there to celebrate?
U2’s Bono backs the GFA with David Trimble and John Hume at the ‘Yes’ concert at Belfast Waterfront Hall, May 18, 1998. Image: Gerry Penny / Shutterstock
Northern Ireland

Good Friday Agreement 25 years on: What is there to celebrate?

Sam Delaney talks money: 'I'm on a crusade to help people discuss being skint'
Empty wallet
Money

Sam Delaney talks money: 'I'm on a crusade to help people discuss being skint'

This Easter, be still and dwell in the present, says the Archbishop of York
Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York
Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York

This Easter, be still and dwell in the present, says the Archbishop of York

Your views on our water supply: wrecked by privatisation
Letters

Your views on our water supply: wrecked by privatisation

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
In France, the past has a habit of shaping the present
Illustration of the French Revolution
John Bird

In France, the past has a habit of shaping the present

Gal-dem is closing but its legacy lifting up new voices in media will live on
person holding a gal-dem magazine cover titled 'the roaring twenties
Media

Gal-dem is closing but its legacy lifting up new voices in media will live on

Whenever the government wants to distract us from the important stuff, there's a crackdown
Two doughnuts with pink icing
Paul McNamee

Whenever the government wants to distract us from the important stuff, there's a crackdown

Why are so many children vanishing from school?
Beth Prescott

Why are so many children vanishing from school?