Writing an end of life guide for the LGBTQ+ community in Louisiana has been a passion of Ezra's since they began their journey in funeral...

Wake Board Member Charmaine Baker-Fox has been helping New Orleanians connect with affordable, meaningful deathcare since the 1980's. A...

Wake teamed up with Our Mammy’s History and Genealogy on Monday, November 1st, 2021 for All Saints Day, to show the conditions at Holt...

Janice Bodet is the retired Director of Funeral Service at Delgado Community College. A Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed...

Amanda Giffin was a teenager, married to an abusive husband, when her son, Desmond, was born, in 1971. The early years were tough, with...

Is death the great equalizer? An ambitious 2019 Boston Globe investigative journalism initiative set out to answer this question in the...

by Wake Intern Mercedes Marinaro Death is not the great equalizer. Racism has had a long and troubling impact on the funeral industry and...

'Have you heard of Death Cafe?' is my go-to question to friends and family, when broaching the topic of deathcare. It's a popular enough...

Friends and family know I’m always curious to hear their news when the topic of death crops up. One friend just texted me a photo of a...

Kendra (right) and Lisa Richardson meet to discuss the funeral home pricing they've researched for Kim Richardson's burial. Kendra...

While traditions differ from culture to culture around the disposition of the human body after death, there is not a great deal of...

“As the meeting point between the living and the dead, cemeteries are peculiarly fraught ground,” writes Anna Clark, in Next City. She...