Alex King
The lost street gangs of NYC’s Lower East Side
Unseen America — The uniformed street gangs who inspired cult classic The Warriors were violent pillars of community identity, before being swept away by gentrification and the commercialisation of the drug trade.
Written by: Alex King
The punk counsellor using his DIY ethic to promote mental health and wellbeing
Stability through punk — Peer counsellor and punk Craig Lewis suffered three decades of unnecessary medication and abuse at the hands of the psychiatric system. Today, he offers young punks struggling with mental health challenges an alternative path to recovery.
Written by: Alex King
Lessons on escapism from transformational artist Rolly Robinson
Radiate light every day — Makeup artist and master of transformation Rolly Robinson shares his inspiring outlook on life and upliftment in ‘More is More’, a beautiful short doc from director Alexis Boling.
Written by: Alex King
10 ways Brexit could affect young people
Surviving a sinking UK — Britain’s split with the EU won’t be pretty. Huck gets to the bottom of the propaganda, myths and the deluge of questions nobody can answer yet, to look at how Brexit will affect you.
Written by: Alex King, Andrea Kurland and Max Gayler
The Beirut magazine keeping the flames of revolution alive
The Outpost — The defiant flames of the Arab Spring are still burning in Beirut, thanks to The Outpost: an independent magazine that believes change is always possible.
Written by: Alex King
Activists storm Australian embassy with boat to protest 'illegal' refugee policy
Close the camps — On World Refugee Day, activists storm the Australian embassy in London with a boat to symbolise the thousands of desperate refugees turned away from Australian shores.
Written by: Alex King
The American military veterans fighting for the right to grow hemp
Meet the Growing Warriors — Dan Malloy’s Harvesting Liberty documentary profiles the soldiers-turned-farmers campaigning to reintroduce industrial hemp to America.
Written by: Alex King
Photographer documents man’s destruction of the natural world
Wild beasts reduced to ghosts in the city — Photographer Nick Brandt’s epic panoramas in Inherit The Dust highlight man’s destructive presence in places animals used to roam.
Written by: Alex King
How Rwanda’s genocide liberator became an absolute dictator
This is Paul Kagame — Two decades after the 1994 genocide, journalist Anjan Sundaram watched leader Paul Kagame crush press freedom and political opposition. But why are the international community still supporting his regime? And could their support be sowing seeds for more bloodshed?
Written by: Alex King
Stanley Donwood’s nuclear weapons installation will blow your mind
This is your four minute warning — Radiohead and Glastonbury artist Stanley’s Downwood’s new project, the bomb, is an immersive multimedia installation designed to wake us up to the continued threat of nuclear annihilation.
Written by: Alex King