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 ...

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 ...

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) 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 ...

For generations, alligators featured prominently in imagery intended to demean Black Americans. Whatever the intentions of those who named and promoted the facility, Alligator Alcatraz echoed a long ...

(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 ...