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Mixing Thanksgiving with climate justice: forget the turkey, pass the foraged plants

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By Tess Wilkinson
| Oakland North
Ever thought to eat what is commonly considered an invasive weed? That’s exactly what this group of nine Bay Area residents did recently, nibbling away at bright green nasturtium leaves under the guidance of Linh Hoang, who hosted “A New Thanksgiving” at the Lake Merritt Pergola in collaboration with Sunrise Movement Bay Area. Eyes lit up and eyebrows rose as the sharp, radish-like flavor of the leaves burst onto tastebuds.
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Training session teaches Oaklanders how to resist President Trump

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By Tess Wilkinson
| Oakland North
Hundreds of people — from toddlers to teenagers to seniors and everyone in between — spilled into Oakland Technical High School’s auditorium Sunday to learn how to resist the rise of authoritarianism under President Donald Trump. Nearly 1,000 people attended Get Ready: Noncooperation Training by Bay Resistance, a group advocating for racial, economic, climate and gender justice. Some participants sat on the floor or filed into overflow rooms.
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The Myth of the Cowboy and Its Enduring Influence on Public Policy

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By Tess Wilkinson
| buff.ly
Are we ushering in a new era of manifest destiny — and ultimately celebrating our own demise? America was raised on the ideology of rugged individualism, grit, and the mirage of freedom on a conquered landscape. Pop culture embodied this ideology as the gunslinging cowboy, who through more than a century’s worth of Western films, books, and TV shows — from Gunsmoke (1955) and Bonanza (1959) to Yellowstone (2018) — rode across the screen and lassoed American hearts.
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