Social activism
‘Stop fossil fuels or get out our city’: Spoof ads in Liverpool target bank
‘Stop fossil fuels or get out our city’: Spoof ads in Liverpool target bank
Artists targeting Standard Chartered’s fossil fuels lending called their Liverpool Football Club sponsorship an “own goal for climate justice”
James Cromwell: ‘There’s no hope in the system, no hope for Mr Biden’
James Cromwell: ‘There’s no hope in the system, no hope for Mr Biden’
He may be known as the farmer from Babe, but James Cromwell is an actor with a long history of activism. Until the system’s fixed, he says, we’ll keep making a pig’s ear of politics
Eddie Izzard: It’s time to make humanity great again
Eddie Izzard: It’s time to make humanity great again
Like Churchill’s generation before us, we have been chosen to fight against the extreme right, comedian and activist Eddie Izzard told The Big Issue
2021: The stars look ahead to a better year
2021: The stars look ahead to a better year
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How do Big Issue sellers make money?
Take One Leave One scheme to support rough sleepers returns for third winter
Take One Leave One scheme to support rough sleepers returns for third winter
Jon Bon Jovi is fighting poverty with the JBJ Soul Kitchen
Jon Bon Jovi is fighting poverty with the JBJ Soul Kitchen
Helen Lewis: ‘Let’s keep reserving the right to be difficult’
Helen Lewis: ‘Let’s keep reserving the right to be difficult’
John Bird: Building a brighter future should be second nature to us
John Bird: Building a brighter future should be second nature to us
Climate strikes just the start as pupils get lessons in protest and campaigns
Climate strikes just the start as pupils get lessons in protest and campaigns
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Sadiq Khan gives UK’s first LGBTIQ shelter a new home in a fire station
Sadiq Khan gives UK’s first LGBTIQ shelter a new home in a fire station
Paul McNamee: To improve child literacy, libraries are a shoo-in
Paul McNamee: To improve child literacy, libraries are a shoo-in
Paul McNamee: You bring the ideas, we’ll stitch them together
Paul McNamee: You bring the ideas, we’ll stitch them together
How community nurses are on the frontline against financial scammers
How community nurses are on the frontline against financial scammers
Tyson Fury has pledged to help the homeless with Wilder fight money
Tyson Fury has pledged to help the homeless with Wilder fight money
“World’s oldest rebel” Harry Leslie Smith dies aged 95
“World’s oldest rebel” Harry Leslie Smith dies aged 95
The Big Issue is holding the UK’s first social trading conference
The Big Issue is holding the UK’s first social trading conference
Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw dons a tabard in Big Issue sell-off challenge
Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw dons a tabard in Big Issue sell-off challenge
Toiletries Amnesty is getting home comforts to those without them
Toiletries Amnesty is getting home comforts to those without them
How homelessness can be misrepresented in the media
How homelessness can be misrepresented in the media
Labour’s Jess Phillips takes on Big Issue sell-off challenge
Labour’s Jess Phillips takes on Big Issue sell-off challenge
A new investigation finds at least 78 homeless people died last winter
