Nursing homes using the Green House Project’s model of residential care are weathering the pandemic better than traditional institutions. Here’s why.
Aging and dying
Living in the United States, I came to understand the ancient Mexican tradition of honoring the dead.
Witchcraft is having a moment. But look past pop culture's teenaged spellbinders and consider the encouraging example of the unconventional crone.
Heat is deadlier than other climate-related disasters, but the solutions are simpler.
Due to COVID-19, the Muslim community is grappling with how to grieve without traditional burial practices that are essential in Islam.
The idea of death is front and center for many people right now, and this psychological tendency has a strong influence on human behavior.
Taking a cue from the many traditions that liken human life to fabric, I started knitting a COVID-19 death-toll blanket.
How immigrants have brought diverse traditions to keep their ancestors and dead loved ones close.
While much attention on the rising suicide rate focuses on youth, data shows that it's actually working-age adults who are being hit hardest.
A violent, racist history has kept Native people off their ancestral lands for decades. How can we remove the barriers that still exist today?
End-of-life caregiving is an ancient practice that’s now re-emerging in the death positivity movement, which urges a shift in thinking about death as natural and not traumatic.
I needed others to see me—to acknowledge my grief.
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