A Canadian labor arbitrator ruled in favor of visible tattoos and piercings for funeral home employees, saying one funeral home chain's ban violated the rights of its employees...
As the nation reckons with our history of racism and institutionalized discrimination, the stories of Black Americans are being unearthed –sometimes literally – in thousands of historic Black...
From the humble churchyard to glamorous memorial parks with manicured lawns, cemeteries all require one thing: land. As urban real estate becomes an increasingly valuable commodity, many cemeteries...
Since the earliest days of civilization, humans have sought ways to memorialize the remains of their dead with ceremonial containers, whether buried deep within an underground vault or...
A proposed bill in the Maine legislature would create new requirements for vehicles used by funeral homes to protect the safety of drivers, reports Steve Collins for the...
Cremation has increasingly grown in popularity in the United States. However, most jurisdictions still don't allow the use of open-air cremation, or outdoor funeral pyres. Only two such...
Television has portrayed death in a variety of poignant, dramatic, and intensely emotional ways, with many of our most popular TV dramas involving murder, doctors, and, on occasion,...
Recompose, the groundbreaking "human composting" funeral home and the first of its kind in the United States, is now officially open to the public. The innovative business began...
Chinese funeral culture is having a moment on the internet. Steeped in thousands of years of tradition, China's funerals feature exquisitely handcrafted art that has drawn admirers from...
Ostensibly an exploration of experiences and practices that hint at the existence of life after death, Netflix's Surviving Death docuseries, based on the book by Leslie Kean, does...