Minestrone
November 7, 2008
"Siamo Tutti Abbronzati"
Him, rocking that blackshirt
Italians are embarrassed and outraged by Berlusconi's Obama gaffe. But maybe a blackface protest isn't a great idea.
November 4, 2008
Sicily, Image and Reality
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Change agents: Sicily's Rita Borsellino meets Fabio Messina, a Palermo anti-Mafia merchant
The recent New York visit by the island’s labor minister prompts some not so sunny thoughts
October 26, 2008
A Rap for Saviano
Neapolitan rapper Luca "Lucariello" Caiazzo and Roberto Saviano collaborated on "Cappotto di Legno," a rap that gets inside the head of a young camorrista
October 21, 2008
Nobel Winners Come Out for Saviano
Roberto Saviano
The Italian government must protect the "Gomorra" author, said six Nobel Prize winners this week
October 19, 2008
“Italians Are Better Than This”
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Member of Parliament Jean-Léonard Touadi greets the press in Rome
Italy's only black member of Parliament this week denounced the government for inciting xenophobia and racism
October 17, 2008
Rushdie on Saviano: Camorra’s fatwa worse than Khomeini’s
Roberto Saviano and that book...
Islamists less dangerous than the camorra, says the Satanic Verses author
October 11, 2008
Salve, Salvo
Luca Zingaretti as Sicilian detective Salvo Montalbano
Sicilian sleuth Montalbano comes to New York (finalmente!)
October 6, 2008
Gomorra
Marco and Ciro, teenage gangster wannabes, play with their toys in Matteo Garrone's Gomorra
Matteo Garrone's acclaimed Gomorra is like no other organized crime movie you've seen
September 25, 2008
Naked Music, Well Dressed
Petra Magoni & Ferruccio Spinetti - Sacrifice
Vocalist Petra Magoni and bassist Ferruccio Spinetti make (beautiful) Musica Nuda
August 4, 2008
Guidos!
Guido and Guidette
The mayor of a New Jersey shore town inflamed ethnic and borough passions when he complained about "guidos" from Staten Island. But how do you feel about them, and the media...
July 23, 2008
Mamma Mia, I Got Those Sexually Antagonistic Genetic Blues
University of Padua researcher Andrea Camperio-Ciani
Researchers at the University of Padova think "sexually antagonistic" genes may influence male homosexuality
July 18, 2008
Justice Denied?
Photo by The Guardian
Genoa police in action during the 2001 anti-globalization protests
Police, police officials, and politicians all were responsible for the atrocious violence perpetrated against nonviolent protesters at the 2001 G8 conference in Genoa. But it...
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