Italian-American

Reimagining White Ethnicity: a Conversation with Joseph Sciorra

Diana Del Monte

The John D. Calandra Institute's Annual Conference promises to be a memorable one in 2012. "Reimagining White Ethnicity: Expressivity, Identity, Race" brings together scholars...

Mama's Boys of the Bronx: New Reality Show on TLC

Natasha Lardera

Anthony, Frankie, Giovanni, Peter and Chip are grown-up Italian-American men who still live at home. They are in their 30's yet they let their mothers do everything for them. They...

Lady Gaga's Fight Against Spaghetti and Meatballs

N. L.

The popular singer talks eating disorders with a group of young female students during the “It's Our Turn” conference held in Los Angeles. She confessed she was bulimic and...

Our Community, Our Language: What Italian Americans Can Do

Giulio Terzi

Italy's Ambassador to Washington Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, writes about the initiatives to promote Italian language and culture in the U.S. and the opportunities they open to...

What Is in a (Street) Name? Too Much History. And Italian Americans in Chicago Make the Headlines.

Stanislao Pugliese*

A recent petition by Chicago academics to rename Balbo Drive in Chicago has generated a counter-petition and ignited a small controversy in the Italian American community.

Rachelina Vota Si Si Si Si

Annie Rachele Lanzillotto

Dual Citizens Count in June 2011 Referendums

A Chat with Salvatore Salibello

Marcello De Marco

Cavaliere (soon-to-be Commendatore) Salvatore Salibello talks about his life and what it means to be Italian-American in New York

Sicilian and Southern Italian languages: Lessons of Norway and Ireland

Tom Verso

Indigenous languages suppressed by a foreign imposed lingua franca have shown profound capacity to reinvigorate themselves. If the ‘dead national languages’ of Norway and...

Games, Media, and Politics. Does "Mafia II" Defame Italian Americans? Interview with Andre' DiMino

Ottorino Cappelli

Several Italian-American organizations are staging an anti-defamation campaign against the videogame "Mafia II" on the ground that it offends and stereotypes Italian Americans as...

Giorgio Napolitano in Washington. The Italian Point of View

Maria Rita Latto

Giorgio Napolitano's visit to the White House on May 25, 2010 strengthened the friendship and mutual sympathy between Barack Obama and our President of the Republic Giorgio...

Napolitano Meets Nancy Pelosi, "The first Speaker of Italian Origin. Male or female.”

Benedetta Grasso

President Napolitano meets with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in his official visit to Washington DC. The event boosted Italy-US friendship and honored the Italian-American...