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Like Obama, “Bernie” ends in a Vowel

Jerry Krase

Today’s Italian American voters are as likely to vote for Bernie Sanders as they were to vote for their semi-co-ethnic Bill De Blasio; or for Barack Obama whose name also ended...

Elections, Expulsions and the Polls

Judith Harris

The proposal for a revision of the election process finally made it into the Chamber of Deputies this week, as neo-Premier Matteo Renzi had promised, but it does not quite...

Elections 2013: "A Pit Bull Fight"

Judith Harris

In Italy's most important national general elections in half a century, turnout is expected to be low by the usual standards, but the stakes are extraordinarily high, and begin...

International Women’s Day: Gender Equality Takes More Than a Bunch of Mimosas

Francesca Giuliani

An analysis of the history behind and the contemporary meaning of the International Women's Day, with a special focus on Italy and on how it is still very hard to be a woman in...

Talking About the Italian Vote Abroad...

Rodrigo Praino

The John D. Calandra Italian/American Institute hosted a conference presenting the book "Altreitalie: Cittadinanza e Diritto al Voto", in an evening of discussion about the...

Giuliani's Italian American Voting Bloc?

Jerry Krase

Why Rudy Giuliani can't rely on co-ethnicity to win. The limits of Machine Politics when it comes to Italian Americans as a potential voting bloc.

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