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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.

How Fentanyl Took Over the Lives of Two Wisconsin Teens

At 15, Maylia was selling. At 17, Jack couldn't stop using.

Young People of Color Are Often Left Scrambling When Their Loved One Dies

What I learned when my dad passed away.

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.

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.

Senator Dianne Feinstein Dies at 90

Feinstein was the longest-serving woman Senator.

Euphoria Star Angus Cloud Died From an Accidental Overdose

The actor died at age 25 earlier this summer.

Why Are So Many People Still Injured and Killed at Work?

Our lives are worth so much more than this.

This Deadly Georgia Lake Holds Secrets About US History

A Black town was flooded to create Lake Lanier.

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.”

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.

They Lost Their Loved Ones — Then the Conspiracy Theories Started

“What do I do? Do I laugh? Do I cry?”

Why Disability Activists Are Organizing Against Assisted Suicide Laws

Organizers worry disabled people are being coerced into accepting this path.

There Is No Ethical Way to Execute Someone

Here's what you need to know about the death penalty in the United States.

Migos Rapper Takeoff Dead at 28, Killed in Houston Shooting

“Everyone spoke of what a great young man he is, how peaceful he is.”

What It’s Like to Confront Death At Work Every Day

For funeral directors, gravediggers, and crime-scene cleaners, death is life’s work.

What We Mean When We Say ‘No One Is Okay’

It feels like our collective capacity for handling immense stress is tapped out.

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.

Arizona Plans to Restart Executions With Gas Used by the Nazis

The history of the cyanide gas Zyklon B is truly ghastly.

This Term Explains Why Governments Allow Some People to Die

“Necropolitics” explains so much about our world.