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A woman grieving her parents (Justin Paget/Getty Images)

My parents died and left me 34 fish

Becky Robison
CNN commentator and Cardinal Timothy Dolan each found their own potential spark of hope in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination. (Bryan Bedder / ALBERTO PIZZOLI / Getty Images / Salon)

Jones and Dolan offer civility and hope

CK Smith
Rose Petal Floating in water for Scattered Ashes Funeral Ceremony (Salon/Getty Images/WeeranuchL)

Antyesti in Brooklyn, for my father

Chaya Bhuvaneswar
Rose Petal Floating in water for Scattered Ashes Funeral Ceremony (Getty Images/WeeranuchL)

Antyesti in Brooklyn, for my father

Chaya Bhuvaneswar
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People pay their respects to former Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) in the US Capitol rotunda on December 9, 2021 in Washington, DC. (MATT MCCLAIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Dole funeral planner axed for 1/6 ties

Brett Bachman
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images)

McCain cuts Sen. Graham out of her life

Brett Bachman
John McCain and Meghan McCain (Getty/Nicholas Kamm)

Trump's bizarre John McCain dig

Trish Rooney
Rush Limbaugh and Ron Desantis (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Florida Gov. honors Rush Limbaugh

Jon Skolnik
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Greening Death: Reclaiming Burial Practices and Restoring Our Tie to the Earth by Suzanne Kelly (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers/Getty/Bill Chizek)

The case for a “green death”

Suzanne Kelly
Muhammad Ali (AP)

Muhammad Ali is home

Erin Keane

Prachi Gupta
Demonstrators march down West Florissant with a U.S. flag during a peaceful march in Ferguson, Missouri August 18, 2014. (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Prachi Gupta
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A memorial for Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York, July 21, 2014. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)

"When does decency kick in?"

Eric Lach

Prachi Gupta
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Tracy Clark-Flory
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Prachi Gupta
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Battle over Tamerlan's body

Caitlin Doughty
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Prachi Gupta
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