A new book club has formed to give black women a voice to be heard and seen together. Erie Black Feminist Book Club held its second meeting Saturday morning. The group ...

Residents face the daunting prospect of rebuilding their homes in this once-thriving historically Black community.

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After realizing her business survived the Eaton Fire, Nikki High, opened her bookstore’s shelfs for donations and offered ...

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Science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote in her 1993 novel "Parable of the Sower" that Feb. 1, 2025, would be a time of ...

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in an Octavia Butler novel. The fires the queen of Afrofuturism predicted would ...

This visual symbol of the dystopian future Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower predicted hits far too close to home — literally. Butler is buried at Mountain View Cemetery, one mile from my barely ...

Considered one of the first Black female science fiction writers, Octavia Butler’s body of work could be described as made-up, dystopian tales of an alternate universe. You know, on some “War of the ...