Image of Alcatraz Island legacy still dominates San Francisco Bay

From notorious prison to Native protest site, Alcatraz reveals how power, punishment and resistance shaped California and ...
MassLive

Poet, activist John Trudell, spokesman for American Indian occupation of Alcatraz, dies

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 1969, file photo, John Trudell poses for a photo on steps leading to prison atop Alcatraz in San Francisco. LOS ANGELES -- John Trudell, who was a spokesman for American Indian ...
WLRN

For 28th week in a row, religious clergy, immigrant advocates protest outside 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Late Sunday afternoon — for the 28th consecutive week — religious clergy, immigrant advocates and others held a vigil outside Alligator Alcatraz, calling on state and federal authorities to close the ...

Why America is still obsessed with Alcatraz

Alcatraz became famous as a prison. It stayed famous as a myth. And now, more than 60 years after the last inmate left, that ...
AOL

‘Shut it down’: May Day protesters rally outside Alligator Alcatraz

Under the blue skies of the Florida Everglades, dozens of protesters, sheltering from the sun under blue canopies, gathered outside the gates of Alligator Alcatraz on Friday to commemorate ...