Imagine being told that your new prison cell sits on an isolated island in the middle of San Francisco Bay. The water around ...

During a recent trip to Tallinn, I visited the horrific manifestations of an unredeemable totalitarian regime. A similar system is unfolding in Trump’s America. Visiting Tallinn, Estonia, last week, I ...

San Francisco could be losing an iconic tourist spot. Donald Trump said on social media in May that he'd ordered federal agencies to reopen Alcatraz, the former maximum-security prison that held ...

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TODAY IT SITS SUN BAKED IN THE BAY. WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY GOT A SHOWER, CLOTHING AND A NEW CELL. JUST A QUICK FERRY RIDE FROM FISHERMAN’S WHARF. AND THE WARDEN SENT A TELEGRAM TO WASHINGTON, D.C., ...

I remember this green, and I hate it. I’m standing in a preserved cell on Alcatraz Island, staring at the green paint lining the cell’s lower walls. I’ve been on this tour twice before, once as a ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay is a spooky place even on a sunlit summer afternoon. It is whatever word is spookier than spooky when shrouded in a late-morning fog. The ...

During a recent trip to Tallinn, I visited the horrific manifestations of an unredeemable totalitarian regime. A similar system is unfolding in Trump’s America. Beds are seen inside a migrant ...