This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Mark V. Barrow, Jr. is a Professor of History at Virginia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The migrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz is closed, but much about it remains unresolved. There are lawsuits over ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) One aspect of the South Florida facility has drawn far less attention, though: the ...

One aspect of the South Florida facility has drawn far less attention, though: the name itself, and the long history of associating alligators with racist ideas about people of color. I’m a historian ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mark V. Barrow, Jr., Virginia Tech (THE CONVERSATION) The migrant detention center ...

The migrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz is closed, but much about it remains unresolved. There are lawsuits over detainees’ treatment, environmental claims over damage to protected ...

Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay combines stark concrete cellblocks, a historic lighthouse and steep rocky slopes, ...