Easing the Toll of Long-Distance Grief For immigrants navigating loss from afar, support can come from community, new rituals, and better policies. Alice Sun | Apr 30, 2024
Back to the Land (Literally) More Americans are choosing human composting—now legal in six states—to avoid mainstream deathcare. Britany Robinson | Apr 13, 2023
Opinion | Accountability | Murmurations | adrienne maree brown | Christianity | Faith | Reincarnations Murmurations: Breaking Is Part of Healing Talking about endings can be scary, but they are necessary if we are to create something better together, writes adrienne maree brown. adrienne maree brown | Aug 23, 2022
Opinion | Coronavirus Coverage | Dying | Day of the Dead How Celebrating the Day of the Dead Abroad Brought Me Home Living in the United States, I came to understand the ancient Mexican tradition of honoring the dead. Maritza L. Félix | Nov 1, 2020
Opinion | Religion | Muslims | Coronavirus Coverage | Dying | Islam How Muslims Are Mourning Without Proper Death Care Rituals Due to COVID-19, the Muslim community is grappling with how to grieve without traditional burial practices that are essential in Islam. Iman Mohamed | Jun 3, 2020
Opinion | Coronavirus Coverage | Dying | Grief Grieving Our Collective Loss—One Stitch at a Time Taking a cue from the many traditions that liken human life to fabric, I started knitting a COVID-19 death-toll blanket. Kari Nixon | May 1, 2020