My Money is running out and I’m ashamed of being a burden to my kids NEXT AVENUE This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. My widowed mother was left with debts and a bare bank account. So, she married an older man she thought wealthy. “I don’t want to be a burden to my kids,” Read More…
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Ex-Husband Placed His Money In A Trust, Am I Entitled To A Any Portion
My soon-to-be ex-husband placed his money in a trust before we married, and used it to buy properties. Am I entitled to any of these?© Provided by MarketWatch THE MONEYIST Dear Moneyist, My spouse created a revocable trust two months before our marriage without my knowledge. He placed all of his money in the trust fund. Read More…
For Black ‘Nones’ Who Leave Religion, What’s Next?
By KATHRYN POST (RNS) — When Black Americans leave religion, it’s rarely a clean break. Take Rogiérs Fibby, a self-described agnostic, atheist and secular humanist who grew up in the Moravian Church. The head of the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Black Secular Collective, Fibby also considers himself “culturally Christian.” “I know all the lingo, the Read More…
AI May Hold A Key To The Preservation Of The Amazon Rainforest
Written by Elliott Smith An animal skitters through the heavy underbrush of the Colombian forest in the dark of night. Hidden deep in the brush is a camera trap that quickly snaps a picture. An AI tool called MegaDetector identifies and classifies the results, streamlining a process that used to take days into minutes. The Read More…
Death and the Salesmen From Funeral Home
by Inori Roy As the city runs out of burial space, a series of boardroom and legal battles in the booming bereavement industry could determine the future of death in Toronto. In a corner of the basement of the Humphrey Funeral Home—a red-brick building with white columns in a wealthy North Toronto neighbourhood—is a nondescript Read More…
Death Care Has Turned Into A Gold Rush
How did a cemetery group amass $1.2 billion in assets—and so much power? by Inori Roy This story was originally published as “Death and the Salesmen” by our friends at The Local. It has been reprinted here with permission. In a corner of the basement of the Humphrey Funeral Home—a red-brick building with white columns Read More…