A journalist’s death by a repressive government, remembered in verse
Marie Colvin "was killed in an attempt to silence her and others reporting from that place,” poet and friend Alan Jenkins said.
What the grieving mother orca tells us about how animals experience death
Most humans fail to entertain the possibility that animals might care about the death of those they love.
A poem to remember Donald Hall, former U.S. poet laureate
Hall, a candid, unaffected writer who examined love, loss and rural American life, died Saturday at the age of 89.
Joe Biden on how Joe Kennedy and Hagar the Horrible helped him deal with grief
“The day will come when the memory of the person you lost brings a smile to your lip before a tear to your eye," the former vice president told Judy Woodruff.
The NewsHour asked its staff for recommendations of books or poems that helped them survive a period of loss. In their own words, here are 10 possible reads for someone who's grieving.
In Spinelli's new book, "The Warden’s Daughter," the Newberry Award-winning author tells the story of a girl growing up without a mother in a county prison.
Why did Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds die one day apart? Here’s what science can tell us.
Vanessa Angelica Villarreal writes about growing up in Texas, cultural assimilation and the myths of her Mexican family's history.
