Click Here to Read: Between Two Names: Decolonization isn’t about rejecting one identity for another By Xiaomeng Qiao on The American Psychoanlayst’s Substack on August 21, 2025.
Volume 16 of an early edition of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
Category: Politics
Is fear of Putin Justified? Absolutely. Fears, Phobias, and the Actual Menace of Putin’s Rule
Click Here to Read: Is fear of Putin Justified? Absolutely. Fears, Phobias, and the Actual Menace of Putin’s Rule (Vol. 5; Issue 33) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD in his Journeys Into the Unconscious Mind newsletter on August 20, 2025.
President Trump and President Putin posing for a photo during the 2025 Russia–United States Summit. Image: 
The White House. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
This book club aims to address the children’s literacy crisis while saving libraries
Click Here to Read: This book club aims to address the children’s literacy crisis while saving libraries: Jennifer Siebel Newsom, first partner of California, formed her club to urge young people to read and visit libraries. The problem? Libraries themselves are under Trump’s siege by Nadra Nittle on the 19th Website on August 14, 2025.
New York Public Library. Image: ponafotkas from Kiev, Ukraine. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Lies, damned lies, and statistics
Click Here To Read: Lies, damned lies, and statistics: What does the firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner mean for the future of the truth in America? by Anand Giridharadas the Ink on August 06, 2025.
Click Here to Read: Trump’s Trickle Down Psychologics: Firing of Economics Expert Stokes Fear in Global Citizens (Vol. 5; Issue 31) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD on his Journeys into the Unconscious Mind newsletter on August 06, 2025.
Mental(izing) Health: Worse Than It Seems, But Not Without Hope
Click Here to Read: Mental(izing) Health: Worse Than It Seems, But Not Without Hope
Newsletter, #67 by Elliot Jurist on his Mental(izing) Health blog on Linked In on August 1, 2025.
People marching in the rain for the No Kings protest in Manhattan, New York Image: Rhododendrites. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Trump and the E.U. Have a Blueprint for a Giant Trade Deal. Is it Good for Europe?
Click Here to Read: Trump and the E.U. Have a Blueprint for a Giant Trade Deal. Is it Good for Europe? Both sides hailed the agreement as the biggest ever. But it will come at a cost to the European Union, and many details have yet to be nailed down By Jeanna Smialek in The New York Times on July 28, 2025.
Image: Climate 2025 Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change
Click Here to Read: Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change: The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague By Karen Zraick and Marlise Simons in The New York Times on July 23, 2025.
Global Climate Strike in The Hague, September 27, 2019. Image: Sandra Fauconnier. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
