Octavia Butler Wanted to Prevent Disaster in Los Angeles. Instead, She Predicted It
Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...
The Grave Of Octavia Butler, Writer Who Once Prophesied LA Fires, Still Stands In Altadena Cemetery
The grave of Octavia Butler, whose novel "Parable Of The Sower" predicted fires engulfing Los Angeles, still stands at a ...
In Climate-Scorched L.A., the Burning Truth of Octavia Butler’s Science Fiction
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The fires stand as a monumental example of nature’s destructive potential when accelerated by human-caused climate change.
A storied Black community fears wildfires will claim its history
Altadena, the Los Angeles suburb leveled by the Eaton Fire, has a thriving Black community that bought homes in the civil ...
Al Jazeera on MSN3h
‘Devastating’: Wildfire ravages historic Black community in Los Angeles
In Altadena, California, a community rallies together to respond to deadly wildfires, despite widespread property loss.
Daily Mail on MSN3h
Tory-Reform merger to beat Labour ruled out by Kemi Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch has rejected a suggestion the Tories could merge with Reform UK to beat Labour in the next election. The ...
Alternet on MSN11h
Untold stories of LA fires: Incarcerated firefighters, Black Altadena and Octavia Butler’s warning
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, ...
The Bay State Banner7h
L.A. firestorms destroy a historic Black community
As the rapidly spreading Eaton wildfire in Los Angeles crept closer to the home he’d lived in for nearly six decades, Rodney ...
Column: Why everyone shares the same quotes about wildfires and Santa Anas
This time around, so many folks have posted the same Santa Ana and wildfire quotes to the point that the brilliant is ...
Everything You Need to Know About the TikTok Ban
As of now, the wildly popular social media app is going to be removed from app stores in the U.S. starting Sunday, Jan. 19 ...
The Oath Keepers Are Back — and Targeting America’s Youth
The infamous paramilitary group has a new honcho, and designs to influence cops, politicians, and the Boy Scouts ...
Biden warns of dangerous threat of new age of ‘robber barons’ in farewell address
President Joe Biden warned in his farewell address to the nation Wednesday night that a new gilded age of “robber barons” was ...