death
Lia Smith, Missing 21-Year-Old Trans Student, Found Dead in Vermont
The Middlebury College student was a double major in computer science and statistics.
By Mikelle Street
How Fentanyl Took Over the Lives of Two Wisconsin Teens
At 15, Maylia was selling. At 17, Jack couldn't stop using.
By Lizzie Presser
Young People of Color Are Often Left Scrambling When Their Loved One Dies
What I learned when my dad passed away.
By Zoë Watkins
Federal Authorities Are Officially Investigating Nex Benedict's School District
The Department of Education will investigate whether Owasso Public Schools failed to respond appropriately to bullying and harassment.
By James Factora
Graduating From Dead Mom University
In this op-ed, Lindsay Lee Wallace explores grief, and how no amount of success in school or work could protect her from it.
By Lindsay Lee Wallace
Euphoria Star Angus Cloud Died From an Accidental Overdose
The actor died at age 25 earlier this summer.
By Kaitlyn McNab and Sara Delgado
Why Are So Many People Still Injured and Killed at Work?
Our lives are worth so much more than this.
By Kim Kelly
This Deadly Georgia Lake Holds Secrets About US History
A Black town was flooded to create Lake Lanier.
By Jameelah Nasheed
LGBTQ+ Community Mourns Brooklyn Dancer Killed While Vogueing
“They murdered him because he’s gay, because he stood up for his friends… His name was O’Shae and you all killed him.”
By Lex McMenamin
This New Orleans Fire Was the 20th Century's Deadliest Attack on Queer People
32 people died in the 1973 fire at the UpStairs Lounge.
By Shahamat Uddin
They Lost Their Loved Ones — Then the Conspiracy Theories Started
“What do I do? Do I laugh? Do I cry?”
By Fortesa Latifi
Why Disability Activists Are Organizing Against Assisted Suicide Laws
Organizers worry disabled people are being coerced into accepting this path.
By John Loeppky
There Is No Ethical Way to Execute Someone
Here's what you need to know about the death penalty in the United States.
By Palika Makam
Migos Rapper Takeoff Dead at 28, Killed in Houston Shooting
“Everyone spoke of what a great young man he is, how peaceful he is.”
By Kaitlyn McNab
What It’s Like to Confront Death At Work Every Day
For funeral directors, gravediggers, and crime-scene cleaners, death is life’s work.
By Kim Kelly
What We Mean When We Say ‘No One Is Okay’
It feels like our collective capacity for handling immense stress is tapped out.
By Kaylen Ralph
Uncovering the True Horrors of Indian Residential Schools
The bodies of thousands of Indigenous children have been discovered at schools in the U.S. and Canada.
By Ruth Hopkins
Arizona Plans to Restart Executions With Gas Used by the Nazis
The history of the cyanide gas Zyklon B is truly ghastly.
By Erin Coulehan
This Term Explains Why Governments Allow Some People to Die
“Necropolitics” explains so much about our world.
By Namrata Verghese