How a 100-year-old law changed American immigration policy until this day
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.”
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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.