BoJack Horseman’s Brilliant Crack-Up
The Netflix show's new season is a darkly funny reckoning with grief.
Death
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.
Goodbye to Awl That
Why one of the best sites on the internet is gone for good
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?
The Nostalgia of Estate Sales
Photographer Norm Diamond examines what is left behind.
How Should a Person Die?
Minae Mizumura's "Inheritance From Mother" takes on aging, family, and Japan's complicated relationship with the West.
Against the Caterpillar Coat
Why do so many women choose to wear the equivalent of a tailored sleeping bag?
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.
The Dead of Downton Abbey
The final years of the series failed to deliver any substantial plot—what it gave us instead was time.
Where Does Our Information Go After We Die?
A Twitter conversation with data columnist Paul Ford
The Database of the Dead
Are you in it?
The Final File
Exploring the Social Security administration’s list of America’s dead
Who Owns the Dead?
For decades, Americans have been increasingly distanced from the dead. A small group of women is working to change that.
