Film

No Place for Sissies

Alexander Zaitchik / Truthdig Aug 30, 2024 An octogenarian filmmaker turns his camera down life’s homestretch. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Original

Preparing to Meet Your Maker, Plus Cake: The Life of a Death Cafe  

Steffie Nelson / Truthdig Jan 25, 2024 Can the “death positive” movement help fix our dysfunctional relationship with the inevitability of human demise? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Belief & Religion

Inside the Growing Movement To Hold Space for Community Grief

April M. Short / IMI Oct 18, 2023 Beginning as a response to environmental trauma, proponents of the trend seek to bring ritual back to a culture that has growingly become "grief-illiterate." Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Race

Grave Dangers

Seth Freed Wessler / ProPublica Dec 19, 2022 Authorities helped erase a historic black cemetery in Virginia to clear way for the expansion of a Microsoft data center. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

‘This Is Not a Drill’: WHO Urges the World to Fight Virus

MATT SEDENSKY and JOHN LEICESTER / The Associated Press Mar 5, 2020 With 17 times as many new infections outside China as in it, Italy and Iran close schools; travel and events are canceled; and markets yo-yo. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Chinese Doctor Who Sounded the Alarm About Virus Outbreak Dies

KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Feb 6, 2020 Li Wenliang, who was reprimanded by authorities in late December for "spreading rumors," succumbs to illness that has killed more than 560. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Kobe Bryant, His Daughter and 7 Others Die in Helicopter Crash

STEFANIE DAZIO / The Associated Press Jan 26, 2020 The sudden death at age 41 of the Lakers legend sets off an outpouring of grief; inquiry is underway at the scene near Calabasas, Calif. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Xi Calls Situation Grave as China Scrambles to Contain Virus

KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Jan 25, 2020 The president's remarks underline the urgent, expanding efforts to control the outbreak as Lunar New Year travelers hasten its spread. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Not Safe to Move’: Fire Threats Intensify in Australia

SHONAL GANGULY and STEVE McMORRAN / The Associated Press Jan 4, 2020 The death toll in the worst wildfire season in the country's history rises to 23 as residents are warned that the worst may be yet to come. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Grim Find: 39 Dead in One of U.K.’s Worst Human Trafficking Cases

GREGORY KATZ and DANICA KIRKA / The Associated Press Oct 23, 2019 Details about where the victims were from are scarce as police try to trace the movements of a cargo truck's container. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

4 Homeless Men Beaten to Death With Pipe in New York City

VERENA DOBNIK and REBECCA GIBIAN / The Associated Press Oct 5, 2019 The 24-year-old suspected assailant, who is also homeless, is in custody, accused of assaulting people as they slept in the Chinatown area. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

2 El Paso Victims Die at Hospital, Raising Death Toll to 22

CEDAR ATTANASIO, PAUL J. WEBER and MORGAN LEE / The Associated Press Aug 5, 2019 Police have yet to release victims' names two days after the shooting at a crowded Walmart; Mexico says six nationals are among the dead. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )