Alligator Alcatraz ordered to close, but the fight isn’t over
A judge sided with the Miccosukee Tribe and said the ICE detention center must close. Florida officials have already appealed.
Tag: Florida Everglades
To Florida’s Miccosukee Tribe, the lands around Alligator Alcatraz are sacred, pythons and all
The tribe joined a lawsuit initiated by environmental groups aimed at stopping the detention site.
Alligator Alcatraz harms everything it touches
The immigration detention center is a blight on Big Cypress National Preserve and our beloved Everglades.
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is harsh. Climate change is making it even harsher
Hundreds of people face intense heat and relentless mosquitoes at the Florida Everglades facility.
The Marjories are on my mind
Recent events bring to mind the legacies of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Marjorie Harris Carr and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
The Florida Everglades: a sacred place at risk
Tribal leaders warn that 'Alligator Alcatraz' impacts the environment of their Indigenous homeland
Alligator Alcatraz detention center is the making of an environmental crisis
The new detention center in the Everglades can quickly turn into a human and environmental disaster.
In Florida’s fragile Everglades, Trump praises ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Conservationists are concerned about the impact the detention center will have on the river of grass.
The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Structure: Reimagining infrastructure through Indigenous knowledge
This essay for a Ph.D. seminar at FAU, 'Theorizing Infrastructure,' proposes building new structures based on Indigenous ideas.
Crossing Acuosa: The story of the waters once called Florida
This essay for a Ph.D. seminar at FAU, 'Theorizing Infrastructure,' imagines a mostly submerged future Florida