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Grace Russo Bullaro

Grace Russo Bullaro, was born and raised in Salerno, Italy. She immigrated to the US at a young age. For more than 20 years she has been teaching at CUNY, Lehman College , in the Department of English. Her main academic interests include cultural and intellectual movements. The areas that she works in most frequently are American culture and Italian cinema—particularly the films of directors Lina Wertmüller, Roberto Benigni, and Italian migration cinema. Her most recent books are: "Shifting and Shaping a National Identity: Transnational Writers and Pluriculturalism in Italy Today" (2014) and "The Works of Elena Ferrante: Reconfiguring the Margins" (December 2016). The latter is the first academic volume to be published on the fiction of Ferrante.

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Italy’s Gift to the World: The Neapolitan Song That Sings of Immigrants’ Joys and Sorrows

The Neapolitan song, and especially its sub-genre that emerged out of the waves of Italian immigration to America and the world, is a quintessential expression of Italian culture and a precious global asset to defend and preserve at all costs. More importantly, for immigrants, it’s a piece of their heart with all the ache and joy of the ups and downs of life—and the sheer courage it takes to chase after a dream.
Child being vaccinated. Pixnio Free Pictures.

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The “Deadly Shadow” that Follows Measles. You Need to Vaccinate Your Child!

In the historical past, people who were suspected of spreading disease were tortured and condemned to death, today we have parents who, ignoring all medical and scientific guidance, choose not to vaccinate their children against infectious diseases such as measles, putting all our communities—and especially the most vulnerable among us -- at risk of death. This clash between traditional beliefs—religion among them-- and science, is putting our lives in danger. Scientists calculate that one un-immunized person can infect up to 18 individuals.

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Climate Strikers in Utah Tell Us What They Think About Greta and Trump

We care more about climate change because this is our future and what we are being left with. This is what we’re going to have to live with, and so this is something that we can put our energy behind, to fight for our future movement. People in power have been ignoring the science for decades in the interest of creating profit. They have the power to make changes. They are the ones that are supposed to be leading us and informing us, but they are not doing that.

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Slow Food and Slow Life: Are You Ready for Life in the Slow Lane?

Petrini’s  slow food movement led to all other kinds of “slow.” We now have slow travel, for example. That is, travel that seeks the opportunity to become part of local life and to connect to a place, its people  and its culture. Slow education, whose guiding philosophy is  a curriculum whose goals are to connect the student to “knowledge, tradition, moral purpose and all that is important in life”, and so on.  

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