The day of the funeral arrives, but Amanda is not ready to say goodbye to her son. The financial and logistical difficulties leading up to the burrial have prevented her from having the time and space to face the reality of her son's...

Now that the cost of the funeral has been covered, Amanda begins planning the funeral for her son. She visits the plot where he will be burried and goes to see him at the funeral home one last time. Amanda feel joy and relief that the...

Amanda, Rahim's mother, and family friends reach out to community services, payday lenders, and any resources they can in an attempt to raise the money they will need to burry Rahim. To make matters worse, they still do not know how he...

A mother who is already in debt, suddently has to find thousands of pounds to pay for her son's funeral after his unexpected death. In 2019, the average funeral cost stood at £4,271 in the UK, having risen 122% since 2004. Funeral...

From struggling to afford a funeral or a wedding to being embarassed to have people to your flat, the hidden costs of poverty are social and emotional as well as financial. A group of women in Leeds is working together to combat that...

One-term Presidents are often overlooked – but what makes William Taft’s time in office memorable is the fact that it was defined by a series of unusual firsts.

It’s the day after an ugly scene in which tempers flared and someone lost their life. Things seem to be unravelling and a grieving man seeks revenge, but Gatsby clings to hope. Then Nick gets a hunch: something’s not right. By the end...

Have you ever felt like everything is about to come crashing down? In ‘I felt a Funeral, in my Brain’, Emily Dickinson portrays the anguish of complete mental collapse. It begins with a sense of grief and loss, like at a funeral, then...

This video describes the funeral of King Henry VII, and his successor King Henry VIII's, promise to marry Catherine of Aragon and keep the alliance with Spain

According to the Gospel of Matthew, the magi bring gold, frankincense, and myrrh as expensive gifts to the young Jesus. We all know what gold is, but what is this frankincense and myrrh stuff? What did the ancients use it for?

Life is at a crossroads for Renuka Yenkoba, a 12-year-old girl. She and her family are from the lowest of India’s four main castes, the shudras or labourers. She is on the threshold of adolescence and that means she will soon be married....

Coronavirus infection cases have surged in South Korea, with more than half linked to a religious cult whose secretive nature is said to have helped the virus spread undetected. <br/>

MOT 1953: BANGKOK, THAILAND: SEVENTH-DAY FUNERAL RITES: WS People attending funeral of Sam Ruay (friend of American Ambassador Stanton). TRACKING Four men carrying casket on shoulders. VS Buddhist monks sitting in line, chanting. ...

MOT 1953: BANGKOK, THAILAND: SEVENTH-DAY FUNERAL RITES: Sam Ruay's husband offering prayer, lighting incense, photograph Sam Ruay, VS Monks eating family provided meal, monk reading scroll, female mourners, Sam Ruay's husband offering...

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Barbarian Life

Christel Temple is Chair, Associate Professor of Africana Studies

Associate and Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh. She earned a BA, History, The College of William and Mary; MA, African American Studies,...

One suddenly bereaved mother, already in debt, has to find thousands of pounds to pay for her son's funeral. The funeral business is an unregulated industry, with providers criticised for taking advantage of vulnerable, grieving...

The Plant that Cures Malaria part 1/5: This video discusses the devastating impact of malaria on African communities, particularly on young children. It explores the efforts of local farmers and community medicine distributors to provide...

A group of women use everyday items to tell of the sacrifices and difficult choices they face, and the community initiatives they have launched in an attempt to tackle the shame surrounding poverty and make policymakers listen

Over the last week, some pretty serious violence and riots broke out in Northern Ireland. The cause of said violence is pretty confusing with different people pointing at different motives. So in this video we explain what happened in...

On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Arguably the crime of the century, Kennedy's murder stunned the American people and set off an outpouring of grief around the world. But the days after...

Hamlet, Considered by many authorities as Shakespeare’s greatest play, Hamlet may also be the most representative character in all-dramatic literature. It’s a classic tragedy of a young prince torn by indecision. Laertus (Polemarchus'...