Michela Giorcelli (Author of the paper “Reconstruction Aid, Public Infrastructure, and Economic Development: The Case of the Marshall Plan in Italy”)
In these dangerous and tiring days, when the two countries we all love are the most affected in the world by this horrendous virus, many of us look with concern at what will happen when the health emergency will be over, or at least mitigated. It will be a very difficult time, our economies are and will be hard hit. Many people have compared the pe...
Charles Marsala (President of the American-Italian Federation of the Southeast)
This interview with Charles Marsala, who is bringing great news to the world of the Italian American community in New Orleans and throughout the South East, was done right before the coronavirus pandemic broke out in Italy, and then a couple of weeks before it also arrived in the United States. It is therefore a picture of the world before the coro...
Mike Virgintino (Author of "Freedomland U.S.A.: The Definitive History")
Sixty years ago the United States decided to open up an amusement park dedicated to its history. They chose an area in the Bronx to build it, and called it “Freedomland U.S.A.”, but soon the nickname "Disneyland of the East" was coined. Just as they had done for America, many Italian Americans were busy designing and building the amusement park and...
Angelo Vivolo (President of the Columbus Heritage Coalition)
Our readers know that Columbus Day is the only theme on which We the Italians takes sides with decision and pride, because we believe that it is unhistorical and unfair to attack this great Italian pioneer, and because we believe that it is also an attack against the Italian American community, for which we have love and esteem. This is why we are...
Giancarlo Gariglio (Curator of the Slow Wine guide)
Among incomprehensible duties and wonderful excellences, the export of Italian wine to the United States proceeds not without difficulty, but also with great pleasure of Italian producers and American consumers. Today we welcome Giancarlo Gariglio, curator of the Slow Wine guide: the ideal tool to get to know and appreciate Italian wine, which this...
Cara Di Falco (Founder of Cara's Cucina YouTube channel)
One of the greatest concerns of the leaders of the Italian American community scattered throughout the United States is to try to involve the younger generations. American kids of Italian origin grow up with the teachings of their families, but time passing from the era of mass migration inevitably makes it more difficult to celebrate the Italian h...
Silvia Veronese (Author of the book "La valle del silicio")
The stories of the successful Italians in Silicon Valley have a meaning that goes far beyond the simple yet wonderful description of our compatriots who see their talent recognized in the most innovative and competitive environment in the world. These stories convey that innovation and competition are perfectly combined with Italianism, and for thi...
Paolo Battaglia (Author of the book and documentary "Italian American Country")
What unites all the people I have had the good luck to interview is their relationship with an aspect of the marriage between Italy and America. Everyone experiences it from a different point of view, on this or that side of the ocean, and for We the Italians it is nice to meet people who are different in culture, sex, age, experience, tastes and v...
Silvia Panichi (Author of the book “Roma Antica e la Nuova America”)
Last October, during the visit of the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella to the White House, President Donald Trump said the following words: "The United States and Italy are bound together by a shared cultural and political heritage dating back thousands of years to Ancient Rome.” An uproar broke out, because some people wanted to...
Joe Quagliano (President of the Italian American Baseball Foundation)
Many times my interviews have given light to people and institutions born in America who work to help Italy, improve the bridge between our two countries, and represent in an excellent way an aspect - territorial, thematic, professional or cultural - of being part of the Italian American community. The friend who is today the protagonist of this in...
Alessio Gambino (Founder and CEO of Magnifico Food)
Italian exports to the United States are growing, but we can do better, really much better. It's one of our goals here at We the Italians, to help Italian products arrive and be bought by Americans, not just those of Italian heritage, who are obviously the first ambassadors of Made in Italy. Food is for sure the first sector we think about: Italy i...
Francesco Martinelli (Professor of Jazz History)
There are many episodes in the history of the United States that have seen Italians as protagonists. Some are very well known; others deserve to be known better. The subject of this interview is of the second type: not many people know about this, but it is really very interesting and tells how much since their birth the United States - and its lea...