Reading List by Rochelle Dsouza - Year 2026 - 12th May

Hi 

Sharing this week’s list of 20 articles, short stories and informative videos

1. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/08/potholes-voters-local-elections

2. https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-trouble-with-narrative-history/

3. https://aeon.co/essays/children-need-stress-and-discomfort-in-order-to-grow-up

4. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/society-50/202605/what-if-future-technology-served-well-being-first

5. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonkochkodin/2026/05/06/why-safe-haven-gold-is-falling-despite-the-war-in-iran/

6. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/12/japan/society/2025-bear-numbers/

7. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/5/8/migration-is-getting-riskier-even-as-progress-is-made

8. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/10/the-guardian-view-on-the-who-pandemic-treaty-the-wests-fantasy-negotiations-have-put-the-world-at-risk

9. https://aeon.co/essays/how-does-the-deep-earth-see-humanity

10. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/falling-love-nhs

11. https://daily.jstor.org/the-invention-of-the-continental-divide/

12. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/innovation-you/202605/the-oracle-paradox

13. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pregnancy-changes-mothers-brains-these-recent-discoveries-are-showing-us-how-180988713/

14. https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/humanism-in-a-posthumanist-age/articles/how-not-to-save-the-planet

15. https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2021/10/feature-waste-not

16. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/teaching-ai-to-tell-right-from-wrong-by-dana-humaid-al-marzouqi-and-joanna-shields-2026-05

17. https://aeon.co/essays/ancient-india-was-shaped-by-waves-of-migration-and-mixing

18. https://daily.jstor.org/why-do-people-embrace-hate-sartre-has-an-answer/

19. https://daily.jstor.org/how-1980s-childrens-books-framed-vietnamese-refugees/

20. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-the-classic-american-game-of-twister-went-from-risque-to-record-breaking-180988656/

Short stories

1. https://www.pdfbooksworld.com/Hawaiian-Folk-Tales-by-Thomas-G-Thrum

2. https://www.pdfbooksworld.com/The-Lady-With-The-Dog-and-Other-Stories-by-Anton-Pavlovich-Chekhov

Informative videos 

1. Waymo's case for a driverless future https://www.ted.com/talks/tekedra_mawakana_sal_khan_waymo_s_case_for_a_driverless_future

2. How moms shape the world https://www.ted.com/talks/anna_malaika_tubbs_how_moms_shape_the_world

Happy Reading