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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 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.

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.

Carla Bruni, Old World Italian

Maria Laurino

Who knew that former supermodel and the new First Lady of France was also an Old World Italian?

A Wake-up Call!

Anthony Julian Tamburri

As many know by now, the future of the Advanced Placement Exam in Italian is on the chopping block after two and one-half years in existence. The language might seem a bit...

The Race Debate in America and Italy: Should We Do the Right Thing?

Ottorino Cappelli

While Obama clinches the nomination, some Italian- Americans join in the Lee-Eastwood feud over racial prejudices in America. In Italy at the same time, the race issue surfaces in..

It Wasn’t Columbus’ Fault. Or Was It?

Ottorino Cappelli

Musings around a frivolous article about very serious things... and some suggestions for those who think that Christopher Columbus was just an "Italian" hero.