Activism
Zain Raza’s AcTVism news network confronts powerful governments and corporations
Speaking truth to power — As founder of independent news network, AcTVism Munich, Zain Raza dedicates himself to providing the public with information powerful interests don’t want you to know.
Written by: Rhian Jones
Matt Moniz is helping Nepal recover from the earthquake that nearly killed him
Avalanche on Everest — At seventeen, Matt Moniz has climbed some of the world’s most dangerous mountains. But it was his latest trip to Everest that taught him the true meaning of survival.
Written by: Alex Robert Ross
Bangladesh’s teenage surf girls are dreaming of a better future
Paddling through patriarchy — Teenage surfers in Cox’s Bazar show that poverty, social barriers and family pressure mean nothing when there are good waves to be had.
Written by: Alex King
California bans SeaWorld from breeding whales in captivity
A big win, but the battle's not over for activists — As campaigners celebrate an important victory, the Z-Boys’ Peggy Oki launches new campaign to free orca Lolita, who has been held at Miami Seaquarium for 45 years.
Written by: Sam Warner
Club Sanaa are crowdfunding to train a new generation of Tanzanian photographers
Lenses change lives — Club Sanaa are working with Msamariakids Centre for Street Children in Moshi to empower marginalised young people through photography.
Written by: HUCK HQ
How coverage of the Tory conference showed me the ugly face of British media
The press is rotten - here’s why it must change — Media activist Fiorella Lecoutteux was among the 80,000 strong demonstration at the annual Conservative conference in Manchester. But the coverage in the press sidelined the protestors, raising important questions about whose interests the media serves.
Written by: Fiorella Lecoutteux
Street artists bomb primetime with 'Homeland is racist’ graffiti
Hacking Homeland — Artists Heba Amin, Caram Kapp and Stone cover Homeland’s set with slogans that mock the show’s inaccurate and damaging portrayal of the Middle East and War on Terror.
Written by: Alex King
Ondi Timoner on the documentary Russell Brand doesn’t want you to see
Messiahs, narcissists and changing the world — Dig! and We Live in Public director Ondi Timoner is drawn to visionaries. But like Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe and infamous internet pioneer Josh Harris before him, Russell Brand is attempting to sabotage her portrayal of him, Brand: A Second Coming.
Written by: Alex King
The 24-year-long battle to protect British Columbia’s wilderness
Keep Jumbo Wild — The Ktunaxa First Nation, conservationists and backcountry skiers have joined the fight against the Jumbo Glacier Resort, which threatens an area where the land is wild and skiing is a way of life.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Street artist Swoon launching Kickstarter to renovate abandoned church
The Braddock Tiles project — Swoon’s Braddock Tiles project aims to transform lives in a former steel town by renovating an abandoned church and creating a tile workshop.
Written by: Sam Warner
