Will Anderson

A screenshot of a mobile Google search results page in dark mode for the query "Kansas trans". Under the heading "News about Kansas," there is a list of four news articles: ​An article from the Kansas City Star, published 13 hours ago, with the headline "Kansas informs trans residents their driver’s licenses become invalid on Thursday". The thumbnail shows a sample Kansas driver's license. ​An article from The Independent, published 7 hours ago, with the headline "Kansas sends letters to trans drivers demanding the immediate surrender of their licenses over birthright law". The thumbnail shows small pride flags on desks inside a legislative chamber. ​An article from The Topeka Capital-Journal, published 7 hours ago, with the headline "Kansas invalidates IDs and birth certificates of transgender people". The thumbnail features a close-up of colorful pride flag stickers. ​An article from Erin In The Morning, published 16 hours ago, with the headline "Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses". The thumbnail is a nighttime photo of a state capitol building illuminated in pink and red lights.

A day later and no major national news org has covered what they're doing in Kansas.

This is the flip side of the hyper focus on trans issues by the right. The national media ignores what's actually being done to trans people.

This erasure is what contributes to the persecution.

How intermediaries are reshaping mangrove restoration Mangrove forests, located along tropical and subtropical coastlines, are increasingly recognized for their role in buffering climate disasters, storing carbon, supporting wildlife and livelihoods. Yet...

Financial intermediation done right actually puts *more money* into the hands of local people and their institutions.

Next step? Localize the intermediaries!
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JAMA Investigation: 26% of Trans and Gender Diverse Youth Have Attempted Suicide The highest attempt rates came out of North America amidst the United States’ war on trans kids.

The latest review from JAMA Pediatrics has uncovered that 26% of trans youth have attempted suicide. That's actual attempts, ideation was even higher.

The trend was most pronounced in North America, where anti-trans laws have been common.

The latest from our writer S. Baum.

‘The goal has been to demystify’: how a colonial Nairobi library was restored and given back to the people Once a whites-only enclave, the grand McMillan Memorial library is one of three in the Kenyan capital that have been transformed for the community

Lovely piece about Book Bunk, an organisation restoring colonial-era libraries in Nairobi and making them free, accessible spaces for children

My hero!

Trans rights aren’t tanking the Democrats. Julia Serano responds in a forum on “How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism.”

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 3 Boston Review: Julia Serano pens a killer -down on the long-running argument that Dems should "moderate" by adopting "common sense" positions that essentially throw tarns people under the bus: "Trans Rights Aren’t Tanking the Democrats."

Allowables by Nikki Giovanni Allowables I killed a spider Not a murderous brown recluse Nor even a black widow And if the truth were told...

Allowables by Nikki Giovanni
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recommended reading volume 1: awoe, ben, jalen, juliette, noah, persimmon, sabrina, tommy, and will

My pal Morgan Ome asked me to recommend my favorite books of the year: Such Times by Christopher Coe and Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun: An Almanac of Extreme Girlhood by Jackie Wang.

Check it out, paired with recs from other cool people at goodbyeevergreen.substack.com/p/recommended-reading

This must've been an extraordinarily challenging piece to write. You try explaining the budgetary constraints of the Brazilian Government in clear prose...

Lula’s Budget Dispute | Clara Zanon Brenck & Lucca Rodrigues The winners and losers in Brazil’s new tax regime

“An economy that says it needs to stabilize first, then grow, and then distribute is a fallacy and has been a fallacy. It does not stabilize, it grows in fits and starts, and it does not distribute.” – Maria Conceição Tavares

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There Is No Such Thing as Impact Investing (SSIR) There is philanthropic investing, and there is commercial investing, and there is nothing in between.

Fresh because it isn't new: Philanthropic investors can use patient and concessional capital (grants, cheap debt, generous equity) to prove the profitability of a business or a model. Then, let the commercial investors comes in when the math maths.
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The Chinese migrant workers powering the deadly EV nickel boom 30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.

Tens of thousands of Chinese migrant workers have gone to Indonesia to work in nickel for EV batteries, risking their safety to save money for a better life back home https://restofworld.org/2025/chinese-migrant-workers-indonesia-nickel-ev/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky

“I know that if I was diagnosed with cancer, then I’d be seeking advice from an oncologist, not listening to some other random doctor.”

Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’

“Many of the people who criticise gender-affirming care have never actually worked with transgender young people, but that doesn’t stop them from claiming to be experts in the area.”

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MacKenzie Scott Announces $7 Billion of Charitable Giving This Year

An important thing about Mackenzie Scott's philanthropy is that all of her gifts are *unrestricted.* She often gives to smaller nonprofits where those unrestricted gifts can have a huge impact, allowing organizations to use the money where it's needed most, not just where a donor wants.

The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.

Yes! An ode to close reading. (via @annehelen.bsky.social)

The Washington Spirit move on in the playoffs Goalie and team captain Aubrey Kingsbury saved the day last weekend, but the pressure now ramps up.

Washington Spirit goalie and team captain Aubrey Kingsbury saved the day last weekend.

But the pressure is on for today's NWSL Championship semifinal at Audi Field against the Portland Thorns.

Our reporter @maustermuhle.bsky.social interviewed Kingsbury ahead of the game:

A mushroom farm in Kenya and fungi-based panels give hope for sustainable building A large mushroom farm near Nairobi is producing mycelium for building materials that end up as fungi-based panels, which are more sustainable and affordable than traditional bricks.

Building with 🍄🍄‍🟫

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my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"

How volunteers are fighting the vines strangling D.C.'s trees How local residents are restoring D.C.’s green spaces — and combating the effects of climate change.

“I worry about climate change. But when I cut vines and save one tree, I worry less.”

Meet some of the volunteers who are restoring D.C.’s green spaces — and combating the effects of climate change, one tree at a time.

@samdelgado.bsky.social reports:

Brazilians protest in their thousands against granting Bolsonaro amnesty Huge crowds pack the streets to oppose endeavours to help ex-president escape jail

“Huge crowds packed the squares and beaches of some of Brazil’s biggest cities to voice their opposition to rightwing endeavors to help Bolsonaro escape jail for his failed power grab”

Hide and seek Meet the Nigerians who make your genuine ‘Italian’ leather.

The Nigeria leather industry is estimated to generate at least $600-million a year, but most of it goes to people in the middle. The shoes, bags, and belts assembled from this leather will bear labels like “Made in Italy” but give no credit to the Nigerian workers who did the dirty first steps.

Eve Babitz, posts from the 60s

Responsible Commodity Contracts Can Accelerate Africa's Restoration Economy Offtake contracts can help restoration businesses build sustainable supply chains by guaranteeing attractive prices for their products.

New from me: With a little help, small enterprises across Africa can access domestic & intl markets. That means more $$$ in farmers' pockets!

Here's what $24m in contracts for 7 restoration champions taught us at @worldresources.bsky.social:

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There’s a billboard in Nairobi advertising a luxury development with the tagline “luxury is waking up to lush green views”. And it really it goes to the heart of how neoliberal approaches to development screw over poor countries. They really are paving paradise to put up a parking lot.

How a $5 Billion Federal Project Could Sink the Lower Ninth Ward Forever Decades after Betsy and Katrina, the community faces another threat — a canal proposal promising “progress” that could threaten its survival.

Willie Calhoun remembers the day, sitting at the dinner table when he was about 10. His longshoreman father, tired after a day on the barge, declared a warning almost as fact: “If a storm ever come up, it is gonna drown the Ninth Ward.”

Bowser to provide indefinite coordination with federal law enforcement Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law.” The order gives no expiration date.

"Bowser issued an executive order that requires local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law within the District.” The order gives no expiration date."

I, for one, would like a new mayor (and statehood)

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The Rainforests Being Cleared to Build Your R.V.

Stories like these lay bare the opportunities and perils of global supply chains, even in the tariff era. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/w...