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April 11, 2009
The Invisible Victims of the Abruzzo Earthquake
Samuele Pellecchia/Prospekt, for The New York Times
L'Aquila, The Dome of Santa Maria del Suffragio, destroyed by the April 6 earthquake
An unknown number of documented and undocumented immigrants in Abruzzo have died or lost their homes because of the recent earthquake.
April 4, 2009
Italian American Romance in the Era Before Roe v. Wade
"Love with the Proper Stranger" 1963
The 1963 film Love with the Proper Stranger dealt with the limited choices faced by an Italian American woman a decade before abortion was legalized in the U.S.
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