funerals

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown just how hard it is for Americans to grieve.

Back when monarchs had much more power—and news was far from instantaneous—it had major implications in the American colonies.

What my father saw in Mississippi.

Joetha Collier, a young Black woman, was killed by a white man in 1971, near the Mississippi town where Emmett Till was murdered. Why isn’t her case well-known today?

When Charles Sumner died in 1874, a bill he had sponsored two years earlier threatened to overshadow his legacy.

In 1955, just past daybreak, a Chevrolet truck pulled up to an unmarked building. A 14-year-old child was in the back.

For centuries, everyone from archaeologists to amateurs pillaged artifacts — and human remains. Now, the FBI is cracking down on those who continue to dig.

How a spy came to be buried in San Francisco is a forgotten tale of adventure, intrigue, and tragedy.

Self-help guru Louise Hay’s “Hayrides” drew in thousands during the hopelessness and government neglect of the AIDS crisis.

David O. Stewart discusses the relationship between William Costin and the Washington bloodline.

Tracing the history of the Grateful Dead folktale and the evolving obligations of being alive.

A Barthesian bristle and the curious power of Walt Whitman’s posthumous eyelids.

The long history of benevolence, self-help, and parades in New Orleans.

James Baldwin's dispatch from MLK's funeral foreshadowed an America we may never escape.