environment and community

I'm an Anacé chief in Brazil. For Indigenous people, resistance is not a choice. It's survival
Chief Roberto Ytaysaba Anacé

I'm an Anacé chief in Brazil. For Indigenous people, resistance is not a choice. It's survival

Big Issue vendor 'loses everything' in Storm Claudia floods that left him 'worried for his life'
Big Issue vendor Vincent Lewis
Our Vendors

Big Issue vendor 'loses everything' in Storm Claudia floods that left him 'worried for his life'

Shabana Mahmood's asylum crackdown is enough to make Scrooge blush – but it's not too late to change
British Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood. The Five Country Ministerial 2025 held in Central London
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

Shabana Mahmood's asylum crackdown is enough to make Scrooge blush – but it's not too late to change

There's 'awareness' of trans people – but too often it's the wrong kind
Ayla Holdom and loved ones
Ayla Holdom

There's 'awareness' of trans people – but too often it's the wrong kind

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
Food

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped

What a soup kitchen in London's financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks
Banking tax

What a soup kitchen in London's financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks

Sowing seeds of change: How Big Issue's Big Grow is cultivating community and resilience 
Food

Sowing seeds of change: How Big Issue's Big Grow is cultivating community and resilience 

Queer people must be visible in the face of division, says drag legend Jonny Woo
Culture

Queer people must be visible in the face of division, says drag legend Jonny Woo

Trespasses star Lola Petticrew: 'I'm an artist because I'm an activist – I can't separate it'
TV

Trespasses star Lola Petticrew: 'I'm an artist because I'm an activist – I can't separate it'

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: 'We need resilience in our food system'
Food

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: 'We need resilience in our food system'

Sudan war exposes hypocrisy of UK government's treatment of asylum seekers
Boy on a cattle farm in south Sudan in 2024.
Ben Whitham

Sudan war exposes hypocrisy of UK government's treatment of asylum seekers

Four in 10 Brits go a whole week without a meaningful talk with a stranger, Big Issue study reveals
Christmas

Four in 10 Brits go a whole week without a meaningful talk with a stranger, Big Issue study reveals

Modern fishing is going further, bigger and deeper than ever. But there's a big catch
Food

Modern fishing is going further, bigger and deeper than ever. But there's a big catch

Climate justice cannot wait – COP30 must hear the voices from the frontline
Peter Waddup

Climate justice cannot wait – COP30 must hear the voices from the frontline

Meet the veterans finding community and purpose on Britain's canals: 'I don't merely exist anymore'
Veterans

Meet the veterans finding community and purpose on Britain's canals: 'I don't merely exist anymore'

Kae Tempest: 'Seeing all these young queer and gender queer people makes me feel so happy'
Letter to my Younger Self

Kae Tempest: 'Seeing all these young queer and gender queer people makes me feel so happy'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Overwhelming majority of Brits say the country feels divided
Culture wars

Overwhelming majority of Brits say the country feels divided

COP30 marks 30 years of COP climate summits. Has it actually made a difference?
COP30

COP30 marks 30 years of COP climate summits. Has it actually made a difference?

I'm a trans care leaver. Finding love and acceptance as my true self was the best feeling in the world
Jack Smith

I'm a trans care leaver. Finding love and acceptance as my true self was the best feeling in the world

Starmer slams false claim veterans are being evicted to house asylum seekers: 'Conspiracy nonsense'
Exclusive

Starmer slams false claim veterans are being evicted to house asylum seekers: 'Conspiracy nonsense'