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When his father and father-in-law died within days of each other, author Max Alexander learned much about the funeral industry

Before funeral homes became commonplace in West Virginia, neighbors built coffins, dug graves, brought food and stayed through the night with the dead.

Building a meaningful, eco-friendly, and equitable end of life.

An in conversation between GraveSite co-founder and editor-in-chief Delaney Rebernik and The Order of the Good Death’s executive director Sarah Chavez.

How libraries and archives become unlikely sites of grief, memory, and legacy.

How did some remains of those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks end up in what was once the world's largest landfill? In this episode: the battle that continues to this day over what some see as ...

As hopes for those still missing fade, families without the remains of their relatives are burning effigies on miniature funeral pyres.

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A professor finds that teaching death and dying opens the door to difficult questions, challenged assumptions, and unexpected conversations about faith, meaning, and what it means to live.

The Hungry Ghost Festival or Yu Lan is the time of year when, in Taoist and Buddhist beliefs, the gates to the spirit world are opened and the deceased walk the earth again searching for their living ...

Building a meaningful, eco-friendly, and equitable end of life.

The resurgence of deathcare workers across industries presents an opportunity to creatively reimagine what a good death can look like.

After her sister died, Candis Best struggled with how to handle her body. Best launched Leaf & Water to plan water cremations for families seeking a gentler option.

Recent lawsuits brought against death doulas by the funeral industry in California and Indiana are causing growing concern for community death care practitioners and educators nationwide. Here's what ...

The first time Terry O’Neal walked into an old cemetery, she found splintered coffins pushed up by storms and time, with “skeletons sitting outside of caskets.” In Chloe, Louisiana, the acre that hold...

Building a meaningful, eco-friendly, and equitable end of life.