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Italoamericana: Writing for a Cause

Anthony Julian Tamburri

At a time when Italy has transformed itself into a country of arrival, dealing with the issues of social misunderstanding and bigotry that accompany immigration, this anthology...

Investigating Mafia(s) on a Global Scale

O. C.

In a recent two-day conference at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, dozens of scholars from the U.S., Italy and elsewhere looked into the global mafia phenomenon...

The Irish Routes of Success for a few Italian American Politicians

Jerry Krase

There is an excess of successful Italian American politicians in the New York Metropolitan Area and as I’ve spent too much time on NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio, I shall turn my...

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Gracie Mansion

Jerry Krase

There have been so many complaints about Bill De Blasio’s inauguration in the right-wing (di destra) mass media and apologies in the left-wing (di sinistra) mass media that I...

Guy de Maupassant’s “SICILY” – Sicilian Mosaics and Guido Education

Tom Verso

If ever it comes to pass, that an American university or college develops a Patria Meridionale curriculum, dedicated to educating the near 17 million Americans of southern-Italian...

Thirty Authors in Search of Roots and Branches.

Dominic Pacyga*

A review of the book "Reconstructing Italians in Chicago," edited by professors Dominic Candeloro and Fred L. Gardaphè.

Saviano & Roubini – Do New York ... Literati love the ‘Shtick’

Tom Verso

In U.S. House of Representatives – “Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Committee” – hearings on December 15, 2011, very authoritative expert witnesses in...

Silence Is Not the Answer

Fred Gardaphe

Saviano is right. Silence is not the answer; protesting dramatic portrayals of mafiosi is not the answer. Italian Americans have spent more time and money fighting fictional...

Seven Fishes for Young Italian Americans

Gabrielle Pati

For my entire life I have eaten fish on Christmas Eve, as do many Italian Americans of southern origin

What Columbus Day Really Means

William J. Connell

If you think the holiday pits Native Americans against Italian Americans, consider the history behind its origin

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The Mussolini Contradiction - Boston’s North End “Street Corner Society”

Tom Verso

"The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones..." Shakespeare

Saving "Our Lady Of Loreto." Italian Americans and African Americans Join Forces in Protest

The Editors

On March 26th, the front page of The New York Times online edition presented the case of the "Our Lady Of Loreto" church in Brooklyn. Residents have long been fighting the...

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