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September 12, 2018
Magazine
Rachel Syme
BoJack Horseman’s Brilliant Crack-Up
The Netflix show's new season is a darkly funny reckoning with grief.
June 14, 2018
Emily Atkin
The Fight for the Right to Be Cremated by Water
"Aquamation," a greener form of body disposal, is gaining acceptance in America. But some powerful groups are fighting to stop it.
June 8, 2018
Jo Livingstone
How not to screw up media coverage of suicides.
January 18, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Goodbye to Awl That
Why one of the best sites on the internet is gone for good
December 4, 2017
Jess Bergman
The Difficult Business of Dying
The U.S. funeral industry is the most expensive and corporate in the world. Can Americans find a better way to grieve?
May 12, 2017
Jordan G. Teicher
The Nostalgia of Estate Sales
Photographer Norm Diamond examines what is left behind.
May 5, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
How Should a Person Die?
Minae Mizumura's "Inheritance From Mother" takes on aging, family, and Japan's complicated relationship with the West.
February 10, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Against the Caterpillar Coat
Why do so many women choose to wear the equivalent of a tailored sleeping bag?
April 26, 2016
Jenny Morber
Dead Man’s Sperm
What drives the partners of men who have died to try and have their babies? A journey into the fraught world of post-mortem sperm donation.
March 7, 2016
Michelle Legro
The Dead of
Downton Abbey
The final years of the series failed to deliver any substantial plot—what it gave us instead was time.
August 14, 2015
Paul Ford
Where Does Our Information Go After We Die?
A Twitter conversation with data columnist Paul Ford
August 13, 2015
The New Republic Staff
The Database of the Dead
Are you in it?
August 13, 2015
Paul Ford
The Final File
Exploring the Social Security administration’s list of America’s dead
June 25, 2015
Libby Copeland
Who Owns the Dead?
For decades, Americans have been increasingly distanced from the dead. A small group of women is working to change that.
December 28, 2014
Eric Sasson
Facebook Shouldn't Apologize for "Year in Review"—You Should, for Using It
October 30, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Boston Strong: Remembering Mayor Thomas Menino
October 24, 2014
Henry Marsh
Deciding How to Die Has Never Been Harder
October 23, 2014
Danny Vinik
New Evidence in the Michael Brown Case Points Toward Officer Wilson's Innocence
October 21, 2014
Alice Robb
Good News for Late Bloomers: Early Career Success Could Lead to Early Death
October 9, 2014
Alice Robb
The Scientists Studying Life After Death Are Not Total Frauds
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