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Tess Wilkinson

will graduate with a BA in Communications and Media Studies in Spring 2025 and previously interned with Wild Narrative Project, Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Projects, and wrote for the Sonoma State Star newspaper for over a year. Tess holds Associate's Degrees in Social and Behavioral Sciences and Humanities, and she is an incoming journalism graduate student at UC Berkeley, where she plans to deepen her focus on public health, social equity, and environmental justice.
A cowboy boot hangs on a barbed wire fence
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The Myth of the Cowboy and Its Enduring Influence on Public Policy

Livestock ranchers receive undue praise and tax dollars while they disregard damage to life on the planet, in a political climate that prioritizes profit.
June 11, 2025
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Tess Wilkinson
Livestock ranchers receive undue praise and tax dollars while they disregard damage to life on the planet, in a political climate that prioritizes profit.

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