This legislation will have a significant effect on California, reversing Proposition 12. Proposition 12, passed by a majority ...

Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

US President Donald Trump declared "nobody ever escaped from Alcatraz," outlining plans to reopen the island prison. It was ...

It takes a degree of insanity to think that sharing a picture of yourself as pope or Luke Skywalker will somehow boost your ...

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats. On June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John ...

Explore the rise of an authoritarian state in the United States, with constitutional erosion and economic destabilization as ...

Charlie Hopkins, one of the last living prisoners of Alcatraz, gave an interview to the BBC in which he commented on Donald ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

EDITOR: On April 13, there was a wonderful article about a new exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and a short ...

This week was simply a “political potluck!” There was everything from big announcements from the White House, to escalating international conflicts, to a bizarre public scare, and oh yes, the ...