News & Politics What Happens After We Die? These UVA Researchers Are Investigating It. When our bodies perish, can our consciousness persist? At the University of Virginia, researchers are searching for answers, one near-death experience at a time. DeathSeptember 18, 2025
Health | News & Politics Nicole Heidbreder, an “End-of-Life Doula,” Explains How She Helps the Dying and Their Loved Ones Let Go “Death is both hard and beautiful at the same time,” she says. Death, Doulas, First PersonJanuary 24, 2023
News & Politics Inside DC’s Secret Covid Morgue Last April, the District built a secret disaster morgue, assembled an army of volunteers to staff it, and trained people who had never previously seen a dead body to care for the dead. This is the story of the morgue—and the quiet force of civil servants tending to everyone we’ve lost to Covid. COVID-19, DeathFebruary 22, 2021
News & Politics My Grandmother Didn’t Die of Covid-19, but It Robbed My Family of the Chance to Say Goodbye Coronavirus, Coronavirus 2020, COVID-19, DeathMarch 31, 2020
News & Politics A Paranoid Tech Bro, a Homemade Nuclear Bunker, and a Shocking Death In the tunnels beneath a placid suburban home, an angel investor turned into an angel of doom. 4chan, Askia Khafra, Bethesda, BlabSeptember 8, 2019
News & Politics Richmond Woman Dies Before Having to Vote for Clinton or Trump 2016 Election, Death, Donald Trump, Hillary ClintonMay 17, 2016