Alligator Alcatraz: American history from the dark side Yeah, it's a concentration camp. It's also a meme, a troll and an especially ugly distillation of American history ...

The public needs clear, accurate language. The stakes are too high for us to play along with the Trump administration’s ...

Alligator Alcatraz is the symbol of their crusade, and it could hardly be more American. It channels this country’s long history of paranoia, xenophobia and systematic exclusion through the ...

Apparently designed to be an immigration deterrence and a display of cruelty, Alligator Alcatraz is much more than ...

“ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ” IS JUST THE LATEST in a series of cruel spectacles that mark Trump’s deportation and detention efforts. Collectively, they are contributing to a turn in public opinion.

The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz, a ...

Noem Deflects "Alligator Alcatraz" Criticism with Historical Context Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem turned the tables on NBC host Kristen Welker on Sunday’s “Meet the ...

The location of Trump's immigrant detention center has a painful history of incarceration, abuse, and private interests.

The new Florida detention center, “Alligator Alcatraz,” has evoked the racist slur, “gator bait,” used to describe Black children dating back to the 19th century. Donald Trump and other ...

Newsweek spoke with the attorney of a detainee and the friend of another. Both described harrowing conditions at the remote ...

But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.  President Donald Trump, federal officials and ...

MSNBC panel including theGrio's Natasha S. Alford unpack the racist history behind “Alligator Alcatraz” memes.