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How to Fight the Mafia? Serve a Mean Fried Rice Ball

Eleonora Mazzucchi

In an expanded effort to counter the Mafia's extortionist activities in Sicily, a food fair goes on tour to major Italian cities. The outdoor stands, which will feature Sicilian...

Tony Soprano Made Me Do It!

Joey Skee

Turncoat mafioso’s statement about media depictions of Italian Americans is “smoking gun” say some Italian-Americans. No kidding.

Uncovering My Mafia Roots

Joey Skee

What do you do when you discover an unsavory fact from your family history?

Deja Vu All Over Again: Mafia Mania Returns!

George De Stefano

The government and the media are saying that the recent indictments of dozens of reputed gangsters prove that La Cosa Nostra's power is undiminished. But there are good reasons to...

The Unmaking of the Made Men of Sicily?

Judith Harris

The crackdown on Mafia shows Italy at its best. Southern Italian cities, though plagued by many serious problems, no longer seem to be suitable places for a good mobster to hang...

Italian and American Crackdown on Mafia

At least 80 people have been arrested in a major crackdown on the Mafia carried out by Italian and American law enforcement agencies.

Art vs. Reality: Why Italian Americans like “Mob Movies”

Tom Verso

If critiques of movie/TV shows get beyond the criminality and make more comprehensive literary critiques of these dramas, they will find many positive literary qualities which may...

Organized Crime in Today's Italy. A Commentary

George De Stefano

In the midst of the latest overheated political dramas over the national budget, electoral reform, and the high price of pasta, an old specter continues to haunt Italy: organized...

The Corleone Day Parade

Robert Viscusi

Italian Americans have a long history of taking offense and of consuming big meals. Maybe it’s time they started to laugh at themselves and to eat less.

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