Maria Laurino, sentirsi italiani in America
by Liliana Rosano Un racconto epico, monumentale, con un approccio storico ed analitico che mette sotto i riflettori la storia sociale, culturale e umana del processo di immigrazione italiana dalla fine dell'Ottocento fino agli anni Cinquanta. The Italian Americans. A history, è stato scritto dalla nota giornalista e scrittrice Maria Laur...
The Search for our Ancestry (XV)
By Angelo Coniglio Naturalization papers and passenger manifests can identify the towns where our Sicilian and Southern Italian ancestors were born. Such information is also sometimes available in newspaper articles, family documents, passports, draft registrations, and the like. Once ancestors' names (as used and spelled in Sicil...
Lamborghini Plans SUV in 2017 in Luxury Push Into Segment
by Tommaso Ebhardt Lamborghini SpA, Volkswagen (VOW) AG's Italian supercar division, plans to start building the Urus sport-utility vehicle in three years, the brand's first model in the segment since the Rambo Lambo of the 1990s. "The expectation" is to introduce the SUV in 2017, Lamborghini Chief Executive Officer Stephan Winkel...
Millennials, sparklers drive up Italian wine sales in U.S.
Americans are drinking more Italian wines than Italians themselves, owing to the popularity of sparkling wines from the southern European country and millennials. Italian varieties are the top imported wine in the United States, which is the world's largest consumer market, according the Italian Wine and Food Institute. Read more...
Fred Catalfo publishes book about his life
Former longtime Dover Attorney Alfred (Fred) Catalfo, Jr. has written and published his autobiography, "Undefeated: Scored On Once." The book is available on Amazon (www.amazon.com). It is described as a story which outlines the many highs and lows in his life and how he has remained fearless, determined and undeterred by his critics. ...
Race, Racism, and Italian-American Crimefighters – Part 3: The Punisher, The Boondock Saints, and Bill O’Reilly
by Marc DiPaolo Unlike the Punisher, who kills plenty of non-Italians, but who reserves a special hatred for his own people, the Irish-American vigilantes Connor and Murphy MacManus featured in The Boondock Saints (1999) are functionally protectors of the Irish-American community in Boston. After hearing a sermon during Sunday mas...
Chi sono i giovani italiani all’estero oggi
Fuga od opportunità? Quando le cronache ci parlano di giovani che espatriano per lavoro molti si chiedono perché lo fanno. Se ne vanno dopo aver bussato a mille porte senza ricevere un'offerta di lavoro decente o emigrano per cogliere al volo opportunità che promettono brillanti carriere? Purtroppo quando si va a fare il confronto tra prop...
Emigrazione, Turano (PD) incontra la comunità italiana in Florida e nel New Jersey
Cittadinanza, risorse per gli italiani all'estero, finanziamento dei capitoli di spesa su lingua e cultura italiana, situazione politica e prospettive future della rappresentanza. Sono questi alcuni degli argomenti trattati dal senatore Renato Turano (PD) nel corso degli incontri con la comunità italiana tenuti nei giorni scorsi in Florida e nel Ne...
The Persistence and Damage of Negative Imagery
by Dr. Emanuele A. Alfano The history of anti-Italian American bias manifests a blatant bigotry for the past 100 years. Long before the entertainment media chose Italian Americans as whipping boys the American press maligned them in news reports, columns and in cartoons. With the advent of movies, radio and TV programming the incidence of...
Fiat Chrysler Offers Free College Tuition to Dealership Employees
by Matthew Rocco Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCAU) is launching a new program that provides free college tuition for dealership employees, as the automaker looks to combat high turnover in the industry. Employees of participating Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram and Fiat dealerships in the U.S. can earn a "no-cost, no-debt" degree from S...
Our Ancestors Gave All They Had
By Salvatore Buttaci Who has not heard the classic cop-out, "I would if I could, but I can't, so I won't"? That old "Shoulda, coulda, woulda." So many wondrous events would occur if fewer folks wielded "would" as a weapon instead of "will." The former is built on conditions; the latter on volitions. "Would" tries to excuse the speaker...
Tony Bennett Says Another Lady Gaga Collaboration Album is Coming
By Erin Strecker Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga will go cheek to cheek once again. In a new interview, Bennett shared that he and Lady Gaga, who is currently hard at work on her upcoming solo album, plan to release another album together, this time of Cole Porter classics. "It's going to be all Cole Porter songs," Bennett told Vu...