You've heard of the Compton Cowboys. But have you heard of the Black Cowgirl of Agua Dulce? DeBoraha Townson, the first Black woman to compete in a professional rodeo finals, is helping preserve a Western tradition while mentoring a new generation of riders. faultlinenews.org/the-black-co...

Forty-five miles from downtown Los Angeles, a Black rodeo pioneer spends her days teaching students to barrel race on a 3-acre ranch. The first Black woman to compete at a professional rodeo finals says even a small piece of land can preserve a culture. #Juneteenth faultlinenews.org/the-black-co...

A good read from @faultlinenews.bsky.social - $30/hr minimum wage is on the radar in California and other high-cost states: faultlinenews.org/they-earn-do...

California's minimum wage is now $16.90 — more than double the federal minimum. It still isn't enough. Workers are taking on side gigs. Married couples can't make rent. Young adults can't afford to move out. Enter the campaign to get a $30 wage on the ballot. faultlinenews.org/they-earn-do...

California's minimum wage is now $16.90 — more than double the federal minimum. It still isn't enough. Workers are taking on side gigs. Married couples can't make rent. Young adults can't afford to move out. Enter the campaign to get a $30 wage on the ballot. faultlinenews.org/they-earn-do...

This week marks the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign—an economic justice movement. The Fault Line interviewed Californians who met MLK during his visits to the state. One joined the Poor People's March. This is living history. faultlinenews.org/they-met-mar...

"The definition I have for 'apocalyptic' is different." - Zara, 19 California's youngest residents have never known a state without crisis. 25 years of fire and drought shaped the "Drought Generation." The Fault Line reports from the Hoopa Valley to National City. faultlinenews.org/the-drought-...

Victor Glover turns 50 today. He's one of dozens of astronauts from California. The state has also shaped physicists like @chanda.blacksky.app, who argues in her new book that space exploration is tied to inequality, militarization and power. From The Fault Line faultlinenews.org/a-theoretica...

After 20 years of being undocumented, Daniela Silva Alvarez finally got a green card. But it did not feel real at first. The Lynwood teacher hesitated to fly to Mexico because she feared she would be detained -- a reality for some people with permanent legal status. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY3-...

She got her green card. Trump won reelection months later. Nothing felt safer. A California teacher’s life after legal status — and what “security” actually means in today’s immigration system. New from The Fault Line: California, Below the Surface. faultlinenews.org/she-got-a-gr...