environment and community

Here's the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down
UK riots

Here's the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots
UK riots

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots

Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and 'scared to go out' in wake of UK riots
Our vendors

Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and 'scared to go out' in wake of UK riots

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars
Stock image shows tent on a street in London
Homelessness

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars

1984: The Year Pop Went Queer by Ian Wade review – a celebration of gay visibility in music
Books

1984: The Year Pop Went Queer by Ian Wade review – a celebration of gay visibility in music

We protect migrants and their rights – now we're being targeted by the far-right
Youngster throws missile at far-right riot In Rotherham
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

We protect migrants and their rights – now we're being targeted by the far-right

Enough with 'legitimate concerns'. There's a much better way to talk about immigration
Sunder Katwala

Enough with 'legitimate concerns'. There's a much better way to talk about immigration

Citizens Advice staff vow to keep helping people after office destroyed in far-right riots
Composite image shows the Sunderland branch of Citizens Advice with a broken window, while the exterior is burnt by a fire
UK riots

Citizens Advice staff vow to keep helping people after office destroyed in far-right riots

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together
UK riots: A police riot van burns at a far-right riot in Southport
UK riots

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together

Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots
Stock image showing a person reaching for a book in a library
Libraries

Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots

How to help asylum seekers and refugees after riots across UK
anti-racist
Asylum seekers

How to help asylum seekers and refugees after riots across UK

Remembering when motorway service stations were a destination in themselves
Transport

Remembering when motorway service stations were a destination in themselves

Jayda G went from environmental toxicology to the Grammys. Now she's creating 'science you can dance to'
Environment

Jayda G went from environmental toxicology to the Grammys. Now she's creating 'science you can dance to'

Sea, a paddle and an ice cream on the prom: Celebrating the golden age of the great British seaside
British summer

Sea, a paddle and an ice cream on the prom: Celebrating the golden age of the great British seaside

This is the moment I discovered I was born a refugee
Refugees

This is the moment I discovered I was born a refugee

Dylan Mulvaney on womanhood, identity and why there's so much on the line in the US election
Dylan Mulvaney
Comedy

Dylan Mulvaney on womanhood, identity and why there's so much on the line in the US election

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Some people choose between food and paying bills. Labour must consider them when making decisions
keir starmer
Tracey Herrington

Some people choose between food and paying bills. Labour must consider them when making decisions

Could London follow Paris' Olympic efforts and make River Thames clean enough to swim?
A tourist boat on the River Seine, Paris
Rivers

Could London follow Paris' Olympic efforts and make River Thames clean enough to swim?

Fossil fuel giant BP accused of 'profiting off misery' after announcing staggering earnings
Fossil fuels

Fossil fuel giant BP accused of 'profiting off misery' after announcing staggering earnings

Truro Big Issue vendor raises £1,000 for dog home that helped him get new puppy
Big Issue vendor Nick Cuthbert
Our Vendors

Truro Big Issue vendor raises £1,000 for dog home that helped him get new puppy