Creating and passing the 1492 Act will protect Italian Americans from discriminatory animus and hold vandals and officials accountable
States must create and pass the 1492 Act to protect Italian Americans from hate crimes and make it illegal for Mayors and City council members to refuse to enforce laws and protect the civil rights of residents in their respective state. The 1492 act would encompass educational reform, accountability of public officials in their duty to protect and...
Ron Onesti: Baseball memories are the only baseball this year
I am honored to have been recently elected president of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame. It is a 45-year-old organization of which I have been greatly involved. The founder and former president, George Randazzo, died unexpectedly. I was chosen to lead the group, charged with fostering his legacy and his dream. Now, one of my dream...
Italy in Our Hearts and Minds: The Alchemy of Italy
Wednesday June 24, 7:00pm EST. Join NIAF for Italy in Our Hearts and Minds: The Alchemy of Italy with Author of La Dolce Vita University: An Unconventional Guide to Italian Culture from A to Z, Carla Gambescia. REGISTER NOW. Be sure to sign up before space runs out! The lecture will also be accompanied by a stunning slideshow. Registration is requi...
Embassy in Washington: meeting with Italian companies
Today, the Italian Embassy in Washington organised a second virtual meeting with the main Italian companies’ top management for investment and turnover operating in the US. The meeting, chaired by Ambassador Varricchio and organised by the Economic-Commercial Bureau of the Embassy with the participation of the coordinator at ICE Bureaus in the US a...
Empatica and BARDA Join Forces to Validate Wearable System That Detects COVID-19 Before Symptoms Appear
Digital healthcare company Empatica announces a pioneering new partnership with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to validate an early warning system for COVID-19 and other respirat...
Debunking "Top 5 Atrocities Committed by Christopher Columbus"
This so-called Top 5 atrocities committed by Christopher Columbus is being used by some people on the internet. Apparently the article is affiliated with the Associated Press somehow. The first thing to notice is that the source for the article is Howard Zinn, who was not a primary historical source, but a history revisionist of the 20th century. Z...
Maserati 8CTF a racing success an Italian benchmark
The Maserati brand has achieved international fame for the design, style and performance of its unique cars. With a tradition and history of successes on the roads and circuits all over the world, Maserati’s victories have made it a standard-bearer for Italian excellence. In fact, racing has always been in Maserati’s DNA: it was in competition that...
When the Andrettis teamed up to take on Le Mans
John Andretti grew up thinking his first name was Other. As in, The Other Andretti. But, as the nephew of Mario and the cousin of Michael, John established quite a career for himself. He won in Indycars. He won in the NASCAR Cup series. He won the 24 Hours of Daytona. He raced NHRA Top Fuel dragsters. He won on dirt tracks in midgets and sprint car...
Il Coronavirus non ferma la promozione di lingua e cultura nelle scuole NY-NJ-CT: vicino l'obiettivo di 100 mila studenti IACE
Nei giorni scorsi sono stati pubblicati rapporti sulla scarsa efficacia dei corsi online per gli studenti americani costretti a casa dal coronavirus. Ma fanno eccezione i corsi di italiano promossi e finanziati dallo IACE, Italian American Committee on Education, nelle scuole pubbliche e private degli Stati di New York, New Jersey e Connecticut. Da...
How Chiara Boni’s SmileForUSA Helps Feed The Needy During Coronavirus
Chiara Boni, the designer behind the feminine, form-enhancing brand Chiara Boni La Petite Robe, understands the urgency to help those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Boni launched her #SmileForUSA tee-shirt and campaign to help make sure that families in need will not go hungry during this most challenging time. Boni discussed the evolution o...
Yes, Please Tell Your Family Stories
As an author, I’ve had the good fortune to meet hundreds of Italian –Americans at book signings in and around Chicago. It is always my great pleasure to sign books and to chat a bit with purchasers. Comments I most often heard from my customers were something like these: “I should write a book about my ancestors” or “I can tell you a story about m...
Columbus statue assault act of rank revisionism
Toppling a statue of Christopher Columbus and submerging it in a lake ill serves Virginia and our noble multicultural republic. Moreover, substituting violence for reason does a disservice to the peaceful George Floyd protesters. It also undermines one of America’s founding precepts: E pluribus unum — “Out of many, one.” As an Italian sailing fo...