Por: Chicago Sun Times Nation October 05, 2022
Once a week, month after month, for a decade, the five volunteers would go to work. Sifting through boxes at a South Side funeral home, surrounded by caskets in a side room, they sorted and organized the paper burial records of thousands and thousands of Black Chicagoans, determined to preserve those important pieces of history.“It was spooky,” Lettie Sabbs, now 80, said of working near the caskets. “Some of them may have had someone in... + full article
The Boston Globe USA Nation October 16, 2022
GROVELAND, Fla. — On a muggy summer morning, Donna Brodus Forrest stepped into an old, nearly forgotten cemetery hidden in a thicket of trees, in pursuit of a family mystery.For much of her life, Forrest had heard stories about her grandmother, Viola Brodus — a laborer who... + más
NBA All-star mom Wanda Durant is Spreading the Word About Graves' Disease | The Root
Will Rep. Garret Graves join Louisiana's gubernatorial race? | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Business October 08, 2022
Second Harvest Food Bank celebrated the grand opening Friday of its newly renovated food distribution center, which will allow the organization to increase its impact across the 23 south Louisiana parishes it serves by nearly 50%.That’s no small thing, considering the food... + más
Feeding Florida’s hungry is harder than ever | Orlando Sentinel
Universal free school lunch program ending is the next stress for many parents | CNN
Los Angeles Times USA Opinion September 30, 2022
Understaffed, underfunded and overwhelmed by the demands of caring for more than 1,000 dogs and about 600 cats, in addition to other creatures, the Los Angeles city animal shelter system is in crisis. A report in the Los Angeles Times last month related accounts of dogs not... + más
Dogs, Cats Needing Adoption Transported to Broward After Ian Rattles Florida Coast | NBC 6 South Florida
California bans unnecessary pesticide, chemical testing on dogs and cats | Los Angeles Times
10 WBNS USA Health September 28, 2022
SAN DIEGO, California — State lawmakers have cleared the way for a more eco-friendly burial option in California, joining four other states in the country that offer human composting as an option for end-of-life care. California lawmakers passed , authored by Assemblywoman... + más
Americans are being turned into human compost to save the planet | Newsweek
No coffin required: Human composting becomes more mainstream | NBC News
Newsweek USA Tech September 28, 2022
Your final act is one of pollution, Tom Harries, co-founder and CEO of Earth Funeral, told Newsweek. More steel is put into the ground each year than was used to build the Golden Gate Bridge... and each cremation is equivalent to a 600-mile car journey in terms of carbon... + más
This Is Neptune? | The Atlantic
The Boston Globe USA Nation September 27, 2022
A professor of historical archeology, David Landon has been leading an archeological dig at the edge of Plymouth’s historic Burial Hill graveyard and at other Pilgrim sites for most of a decade.Six years ago, anticipating Plymouth’s celebration of its 400th anniversary — a... + más
Impressions: Shovel Knight Dig is my new roguelite gaming addiction | Ars Technica
Where will Queen Elizabeth II be buried? | 10 WBNS
Los Angeles Times USA Politics September 25, 2022
When the Harbor Animal Care Center faced a food crunch in August, volunteer Jan Bunker logged on to Nextdoor to plead for donations. Hi, animal lovers! Down at Harbor Shelter in San Pedro, we are totally out of rabbit food and hay for both rabbits and guinea pigs, Bunker wrote.... + más
Where to find hurricane shelters in Central Florida | Orlando Sentinel
Pig Organs Could Save Thousands of Lives. There’s One Big Catch. | Slate
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