Stories Tagged as
Funerals
China's big question after ending "zero-COVID" rules: How many have died?
by
Jennifer Pak
Feb 7, 2023
David struggled to help his 83-year-old father before he died of COVID. Will his father's death be counted in China's official toll?
For workers in the funeral industry, an unprecedented year
Mar 2, 2021
A Houston funeral director describes the pain of seeing so many deaths, sometimes more than one in a family.
Funeral services in the age of COVID-19: "You have no idea what it's like"
Apr 3, 2020
The things that can make funerals cathartic aren’t possible right now.
Funeral home fraud rose in 2014, FTC probe finds
May 25, 2015
Rules prevent sale of unneeded items. Directors association says its complicated.
Black-owned funeral homes face existential challenge
Nov 4, 2014
As black neighborhoods change, funeral directors are struggling to adapt.
More Americans going online to find cremation urns
by
Sara Hoover
May 8, 2014
Online businesses that sell cremation products are thriving.
Keeping the funeral business alive
by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 6, 2014
Philadelphia Magazine reporter Sandy Hingston says changing culture in America is killing the business of death.
For public good, not for profit.
Far-flung relatives now watch funerals online
Feb 22, 2013
Turns out online funerals aren’t just for celebrities. More and more families across the U.S. are looking at them as a way to cut costs, and include more friends and relatives.