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The great American malaise

Imagine a country that sits on the world’s fourth-largest territory, safely tucked away from the threat of invasion, and endowed with abundant natural resources, a somewhat predictable climate, and a comfortably spread-out population of…

Italians in Philadelphia, and beyond

Italians have written fundamental pages of the Philadelphia region’s history. Since Independence and early Republic, the Italian community has indeed been instrumental in forming a number of the identifying characteristics of Philadelphia,…