It costs a lot to die. Between healthcare bills, body disposition costs, funerary event expenses, and administrative duties, dying doesn’t come cheap, especially as the costs of living continue to…

When Jessica Mitford criticized the funeral profession, Dr. Kami Fletcher argues that it wasn’t the African American funeral director Mitford had in mind.

When my daughter was three, she asked where her grandmother was. I had never imagined myself explaining death to a three-year-old.

The step by step process of cremation with included photos. Cremation is on the rise in many countries, including the US and Canada.

Iku presents itself as a young and handsome Black man, wearing all white, with a skull painted on his face to calmly guide those who have perished. Or Iku is portrayed as a female or an androgenous…

The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases.

Poetry has always had a strong pulse on the human condition. Part of the human condition that is universal is how death will come for all of us. As a poet myself, I know that the page is what holds me...

About a year after my father died, my younger sister called me to ask about her car registration. “It’s expiring,” she said, “but the car isn’t registered in my name, so I’m not sure how to renew it.”…

The first time I saw a potter’s field was with my dad back in 2010 in Fresno, California. We spent the day touring tombstones, with my dad as tour guide, starting with visits to family gravesites in…

The impact of traumatic death on social networks: Reflecting on grief and bereavement support in the context of sudden deaths

Our resistance to embalming often reveals deeper cultural discomfort with death itself, and with the realities of caring for the dead.

Maher Tarabishi was the primary caretaker of his son, Wael Tarabishi, 30, who died on Friday, Jan. 23, from complication

Find meaningful memorial gifts for grieving loved ones. Expert tips on choosing thoughtful bereavement and sympathy gifts, plus 12 unique ideas from blankets to memorial diamonds.

Have you ever wondered how it is possible to dig a 6ft grave when the ground is frozen solid? In the dead of winter, what do we do with our dead?

The days are getting shorter in the Northern Hemisphere, and December 21st will be the longest night of the year. Many of our readers will associate this time of year with Christmas…