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Johnson-Reed cemented a change in how America viewed immigration, from a policy of largely open borders to a new emphasis on “desirables” and “undesirables.”

In recent decades, suburban towns have doubled down on the status quo, or made zoning even more restrictive, all but guaranteeing that single-family home prices will remain shockingly high.

The Stockbridge Library will host author Daniel Okrent in conversation with André Bernard on Saturday, Jan. 28.

“What about ‘O Pioneers!’ or ‘My Ántonia’?” asks the documentarian and author of the forthcoming photo book “Our America.” “For that matter, what about Gabriel García Márquez? We do not have a copyright on the word ‘American.’”

“The U.S. and the Holocaust,” coming to PBS Sept. 18, examines the reasons behind the country’s inadequate response to Germany’s persecution of Jews.

Published June 3, 2021 at 10:22 AM PDT Public Domain/Wikimedia / The late 1910s and early 1920s featured a notable rise in bigotry in the United States. Witness the events: the return of the Ku Klux Klan, the race massacres in Tulsa and other towns, the backlash against foreign immigration. They succeeded to some degree in raising white power and lowering the power of groups perceived as non-white. Those included people from Europe, who had the door shut on them in act of Congress in ...

Adult programs at the Santa Monica Library Feb. 01, 2021 at 5:00 am Ocean Park Branch Book Group Discussion: The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats by Daniel Stone. Thursday, February 4 / 4 to 5 p.m. A fascinating look at the adventures and legacy of nineteenth-century botanist and food explorer David Fairchild. Register to attend this program by emailing karen.reitz@smgov.net. Author Reading and Community Conversation with Cather...