ALCATRAZ BETWEEN1934 TO 1963, ALCATRAZ ISLAND IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY WAS A HIGH SECURITY PRISON. WITH THE VERY COLD WATERS ACTING AS A NATURAL ISOLATING BARRIER, “THE ROCK” AS THE ISLAND IS KNOWN, WAS HOME TO SOME OF AMERICA’S TOUGHEST AND...

Wilma Mankiller, a Native American activist who became the first female chief of her tribe, dedicated her life to the Cherokee Nation and the expansion of Indigenous rights.

San Francisco is famous for many things – but what you probably don’t know is that much of the city is made from ships that sank or were repurposed during the Gold Rush.

Until it closed nearly three decades later, Alcatraz was reserved for some of the most ruthless criminals. Life at Alcatraz was not just about confinement and punishment but discipline and routine. Not everything about Alcatraz was...