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Linda Pentz Gunter
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to Panshanger Community Centre in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Picture date: Tuesday February 10, 2026
Politics / 13 February 2026
13 February 2026

The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

One Franklin Square, home of the Washington Post newspaper in downtown Washington, February 4, 2026
Media / 5 February 2026
5 February 2026

But as the paper lurched rightward, some of the better political writing was actually found there, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Students protest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside the Pflugerville Justice Centre after walking out of their classes in Pflugerville, Texas, February 2, 2026
US / 3 February 2026
3 February 2026

Schoolchildren who joined a nationwide anti-Trump walkout learned more outside the classroom than in it but could still be penalised, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

A protester is pepper sprayed at close range while being detained near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026
US Politics / 26 January 2026
26 January 2026

A nurse dies as US immigration agents are ready to hunt down “everyone,” a US senator is told, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

The wall seen from Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem. Photo: Paolo Cuttitta / Creative Commons
Sport / 21 January 2026
21 January 2026

Palestinian children could be denied the simple right to play a game of football, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Al-Shifa medical graduation
Gaza Genocide / 17 January 2026
17 January 2026

Out of the ashes of Gaza rises the world’s most remarkable graduating class, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, January 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla.
Features / 5 January 2026
5 January 2026

Trump’s Venezuela “coup” along with his fake peace deals, including the latest in the Congo, are motivated by personal gain and self-aggrandisement, writes Linda Pentz Gunter

DANGERS: The first new nuclear reactor for a British power station for over 30 years arrives by barge at Combwich Wharf on the River Parrett, Somerset, to be used at Hinckley Point C, 2023
Features / 13 December 2025
13 December 2025

The argument for a “significant expansion” of nuclear power will deliver soaring electricity prices that condemn underserved communities to unending hardship and poverty, argues LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Fifa President Gianni Infantino awards US President Donald Trump with the ‘Fifa Peace Prize’ during the draw for the 2026 World Cup at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, December 5, 2025
Football / 7 December 2025
7 December 2025

But the award has been met with near universal derision and disgust, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Protesters march past the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream, during a
Features / 21 November 2025
21 November 2025

From a “basket of deplorables” to “imbecilic morons,” US officials have ramped up their ad hominem rhetoric towards their own citizens, writes Linda Pentz Gunter

F-35B Lightning on HMS Queen Elizabeth in 2020, they are not nuclear-capable hence the upgrading to F-35As which are equipped for US B61 nuclear bombs / Pic: LPhot Luke/MOD/CC
Features / 14 November 2025
14 November 2025

A new report says the government’s purchase of US nuclear-armed aircraft prioritises transatlantic politics over military needs and ignored its own Strategic Defence Review, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

President Donald Trump (from right) and FIFA President Gianni Infantino present Chelsea's Cole Palmer with the golden ball trophy after Chelsea won against Paris St Germain in the Club World Cup final, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., July 13
Football / 9 November 2025
9 November 2025

Fifa’s '’peace’ prize is tarnished by its refusal to ban or suspend nations engaged in genocide, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER