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News - 16 Settembre

Did Afghan Pres. Ghani Show Weakness or Strength in Ceding the Government?

On September 14th, 2021, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken testified before the US foreign Relations Committee that the US had not “anticipated” the collapse of the Afghani government and its military to come about so suddenly. What had the US expected, that the Afghani administration would start a civil war so that the US […]

People - 21 Maggio

Italian Americans Brought Their Passion to the May 11th Rally to Save Columbus Day

Despite the very short emergency appeal call to attend the Columbus Circle Rally on May 11th, around 200 people attended the event to protest yet again, the act of demoting Christopher Columbus in this country. This time, the Board of Education of the City of New York made the decision to change the calendar for […]

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News - 23 Gennaio

The US at a Crossroad. Will it Cross its Rubicon, or Choose Democracy?

We’ve known for a long time that our nation is, and has been, divided in two camps. One that protects its liberal democratic republic, and the other, at various times denominated “All-American,” “extreme right conservative” and even “White supremacist,” that is discontented and is inclined to see a differently managed country. With the advent of […]

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News - 12 Ottobre 2020

My Personal Reflections on Columbus Day Festivities

Today being Columbus Day, I would like to express my personal opinion on this commemoration. Despite the false and malignant attributes many people attach to Christopher Columbus today–many even contemptuously distancing themselves from him– only Italian Americans still admire and remain by the side of “the Admiral of the Ocean Sea.” It was his unquestioned […]

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EXPAT - 12 Aprile 2020

Quell’indimenticabile lunga conversazione con Giuseppe Tusiani in italiano

Alla triste notizia della morte del poeta e amato professore di italiano, Giuseppe Tusiani, in suo onore su La Voce di New York riproponiamo l’intervista che il professore gentilmente mi concedette quasi due anni fa, insieme al Professore Carlo Mignano. L’intervista è interamente in italiano ed è stata divisa in tre parti con una durata […]

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Lingua Italiana - 11 Aprile 2020

Anche “La Scuola d’Italia” a New York si adatta ai tempi del coronavirus

In questa intervista i principali dirigenti della Scuola D’Italia Guglielmo Marconi, l’avvocato Massimo D’Angelo e la dottoressa Maria Palandra, ci rivelano le loro necessità nell’adattarsi alle nuove richieste didattiche al tempo del Coronavirus. Ho chiesto se la scuola si fosse adeguata all’insegnamento a distanza per i loro studenti e mi hanno assicurato che non solo […]

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People - 13 Settembre 2019

Mario Mignone: The Story of My People, from Southern Italy to Mainstream America

My good friend of 55 years. Professor Mario Mignone, just passed away. In desolation I offer the readers of La Voce di New York the last TV interview I had with him on his memoir: The Story of My People, from Southern Italy to mainstream America. For the English edition: Bordighera Press. For the Italian version: […]

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People - 21 Aprile 2019

Lou Del Bianco on the Traces of His Grandfather, Mount Rushmore’s Sculptor

Lou Del Bianco, grandson of stone-carver Luigi Del Bianco, after 25 years of struggles convinces the authorities that it was his grandfather who carved the fine features of the four American Presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, of the now famous bas-relief sculptures carved directly on Mount Rushmore National Monument in […]

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Arts - 6 Gennaio 2019

Gay Talese sulla letteratura in America e il lungo “mutismo” degli italoamericani

In questo breve segmento di video della Conferenza su Frank Sinatra, organizzata dal professor Stanislao Pugliese della Hofstra University nel 2015, il famoso scrittore e giornalista Gay Talese spiega al pubblico come gli italoamericani agli inizi del XIXmo secolo, non possedessero “la tradizione di scrivere romanzi.” Con l’arrivo nel nuovo paese, essi, non conoscendo la […]

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Arts - 4 Gennaio 2019

Gay Talese on Italian American Writers: The Epitomy

In this brief video segment taken from a conference on Frank Sinatra, organized by Professor Stanislao Pugliese of Hofstra University, renowned journalist and bestselling author Gay Talese, tells the audience that Italian Americans at the beginning of the 19th Century did not have “a tradition of writing novels.” As they landed in this new country, […]

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