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The New American Way of Death

By 2017, 1 out of 2 Americans will choose cremation over burial. Our changing attitude toward this final rite of passage says everything about the way we live now

By Josh Sanburn

Cremation: The New American Way of Death

For our feature on the increasing popularity of cremation around the country, TIME sent photographer Lars Tunbjörk deep into the American heartland to chronicle the goings-on at three separate crematories.

By Josh Sanburn

Ashes to Ashes: The Growing Popularity of Cremation

When families that want cremation walk into Bradshaw Funeral & Cremation Services in Stillwater, Minn., they’re presented two options: fire or water. TIME sent photographer and filmmaker Shaul Schwarz to Stillwater to document Bradshaw's innovative service as well as the crematory and mausoleum at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.

By Josh Sanburn

One Year Later, The Makers of ‘Pink Slime’ Are Hanging On, and Fighting Back

As the meat industry again makes news thanks to an endless stream of articles about horse meat masked as beef popping up all over Europe, the “pink slime” story is still playing itself out in courthouses, law offices and the one BPI plant still in operation.

By Josh Sanburn

The Last Nights at The Western

The Western was the gambler's version of Cheers, but there was no place for it in a supersized Las Vegas. This week, the hotel, seen in photographs by Brenda Ann Kenneally, closed its doors for the last time.

By Josh Sanburn

Trading Faces: A Weeklong White-Knuckle Ride on the World's Stock Markets

They became the unofficial faces of economic panic in 2008, traders looking angry, traders looking lost, traders looking sad and now as the world markets collapse they're back.

By Josh Sanburn
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