The journalist and commentator Walter Lippmann helped shape 20th-century America’s views on democracy. His own philosophy ...

Daring departure on this day in 1962 still has mysterious conclusion. The island made an easy transition to tourist stop.

President Donald Trump is looking to reopen Alcatraz Island, which once housed 19 Hopi men who didn’t want their children ...

In a post-reality environment, it turns out, the president didn’t need to wait for a crisis to launch an authoritarian ...

Burning Waymos are creating an image of an out-of-control city, which could lead to harsher measures from the federal ...

For decades, Republicans have preached that government should be run like a household - money spent should equal money earned. That’s nonsense, of course; no household has to finance its ...

Alcatraz Penitentiary was originally built as a U.S. Army Stockade from 1910-1912. The Justice Department acquired the U.S.

Alcatraz — which symbolized inescapable and cruel conditions due to its maximum security and location — held noteworthy criminals in its 29-year run before shuttering in 1963 after it fell into ...

Court documents describe the home as being referred to by residents as “Juvenile Alcatraz,” and detail accounts of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse by staff and other residents.

Thanks to a recent blizzard of executive orders and late-night congressional maneuvers, the nation’s public lands have become the latest target in the giant sucking vortex of current American ...