Immigration, icemen, and Elmo

Plus: how science became political To ensure delivery of your JSTOR Daily email digest, please add daily@jstor.org to your address book. [] WEEKLY DIGEST [WEB VERSION](492b/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf) [] [JSTOR Daily](492b/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf) [] [ANTI-IMMIGRANT POLICIES FROM 1917 TO 2017](492b/ct1_1/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf) BY SUZANNE ENZERINK Anti-immigrant fervor has a long history in the United States. The 1917 Immigration Act, for instance, banned all immigration from a geographic area designated the “Asiatic Barred Zone.” No one from the Asia-Pacific zone, regardless of education or class, was permitted. Literary culture reflected the political climate, too, with writers like Jack London penning anti-immigrant warnings. The era set the terms by which we determine who “deserves" to migrate—even today. [] [Read more](492b/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf) --------------------------------------------------------------- [] 492b/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf [WHO KILLED THE ICEMAN?](492b/ct3_1/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf) BY JAMES MACDONALD The crime happened over 5,000 years ago, and we still don’t know who killed Ötzi the Iceman with an arrow. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] 492b/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf [PHOTOGRAPHING APARTHEID](492b/ct4_1/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf) BY ELLEN C. CALDWELL Margaret Bourke-White’s photo-essays for Life “were most Americans’ visual introduction to apartheid…” --------------------------------------------------------------- [] 492b/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf [SCIENTISTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN POLITICAL](492b/ct5_1/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf) BY LIVIA GERSHON Questions about who pays for research, and who gets to do it, often influence the type of work that gets done. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] 492b/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf [SESAME STREET'S EARLY CONTROVERSIAL YEARS](492b/ct6_1/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf) BY ERIN BLAKEMORE The show set the bar for a new kind of public television, but it wasn’t always beloved. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] 492b/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf [READ THIS BEFORE YOU MAKE FUN OF COMIC SANS](492b/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf) BY LAUREN HUDGINS From [Narratively](492b/ct7_1/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf): It’s the font everyone loves to hate. But my dyslexic sister helped me see how valuable those much-maligned letters can be. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] 492b/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf [WHAT WE'RE READING AROUND THE WEB](492b/ct9_1/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf) THE EDITORS JSTOR Daily editors select stories that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. This week's picks cover interventionism, incredible octopuses, and green energy. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] ADVERTISEMENT [JSTOR OA Books Ad](492b/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf) --------------------------------------------------------------- [] Contact Us 2 Rector Street, New York, NY 10006, USA [daily.jstor.org](492b/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf) | daily@jstor.org | [@JSTOR_Daily](492b/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf) | [Facebook](492b/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf) | ©2000-2017 ITHAKA. All Rights Reserved. JSTOR®, the JSTOR logo, and ITHAKA® are registered trademarks of ITHAKA. If you prefer not to receive email messages from JSTOR Daily in the future, you may [unsubscribe here](492b/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AyK5lH8Epf).