We continue our coverage of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have killed at least 24 people as of Monday. Some 150,000 more have been forced to evacuate their homes and over 40, ...

Considered one of the first Black female science fiction writers, Octavia Butler’s body of work could be described as made-up ...

In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 ...

Since the fires began, Butler's works have been cited for anticipating a world - and, particularly, a Los Angeles - wracked ...

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The fires stand as a monumental example of nature’s destructive potential when accelerated by ...

As wildfires ravaged parts of Los Angeles, readers said the science fiction writer predicted this in her 1993 work and its ...

The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic Black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.

For many African Americans who built their lives and businesses in historically Black communities like Altadena, the combined ...

When the Eaton Fire erupted, the Mountain View Cemetery and Mortuary in Altadena faced a rare struggle: racing to save ...

Octavia’s Bookshelf, which survived the Eaton Fire, has become a haven and a hub for mutual aid resources and support.

The Eaton fire ravaged a historic Black community in Altadena. Now, people are using the words of one of its most famous ...

The phrase, which gained momentum in 2020, has resurfaced, in part because it can seem like Octavia Butler was more than a ...