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From Bensonhurst to Oslo and Beyond

Jerry Krase

Negative, or at least puzzled, reactions to visibly different newcomers is universal. Whether in America, Italy or Norway, learning how to see difference positively as part of all...

The Yellow Revolution of Italian Immigrants

Benedetta Grasso

“We are not criminals, we are not clandestine, we are citizens”. Yellow is the color chosen by the Italian immigrants as a symbol of their first strike—a demonstration held...

“We Are Not Animals!” Italy’s Racial Riots and Their Aftermath

Maria Rita Latto

Rage and fear. This is what comes out of the images from Rosarno, a small town near the western coast of Calabria, where violent clashes broke out after two African immigrants...

While Calabria Burns

Judith Harris

“I came here to find Heaven. I found Hell”

What’s his name?! What’s his name?!

Joey Skee

Italian-American naming traditions of abandonment, reclamation, nicknaming, and forgetting.

How I found the Italian in me.

Crystal May Ainardi

I’ve never read the book, “Were You Always an Italian?” by Maria Laurino, so I won’t pretend I have, but the reviews are a mixed bag

Linking the Diaspora Cinematically

Joey Skee

Australia’s Federation of Italian Migrant Workers and their Families holds its “The Weird Mob 2: The Italian Invasion” Film Festival.

What Do Pizza, Mario Merola, and the Camorra Have to Do with Ikea?

Laura E. Ruberto

A long-lost relative from Brooklyn finds his way to an Italian kids' movie.

Italians in Hollywood

Joey Skee

Anna Magnani's and Raf Vallone's portrayals of Italian-Americans seen anew in New York.

Love Costs: Filipinos in Italy and the Movie, "Milan"

Laura E. Ruberto

What better place than Italy for immigrants to find both a job and a lover?

The Indiscreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Joey Skee

A mysterious Italian woman, perhaps a lover, reveals a robber baron’s not-so-hidden ghosts.

Italy on the Brink of Xenophobia?

Ottorino Cappelli

Following a crime wave involving immigrants from Romania (an EU country), an outburst of xenophobia seems to be sparking in Italy.

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