Dear friends and leaders of our Italian American community, As we approach the end of the summer and gear up for the National Columbus Day Parade and celebration in October, I want to share the good news: Columbus Heritage Coalition is advancing the goals we set at our last meeting to intensify our vigilance on...

If you think the upcoming Columbus holiday is safe, or that a statue in your community of the man who united two worlds with a rickety wooden caravel won't be carried away in the middle of the night, you're dreaming. Some legislators have proposed wiping away the holiday here in New York. Its sponsor in...

Is the City of Newark big enough for Washington, Columbus and Tubman, three great giants of history? We are about to find out. The New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office has sent back a plan to honor famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman, a plan that had removed a Columbus Memorial in the city’s historic Washington Park....

Dear Senator Biaggi, I was privileged to know your grandfather Mario. I knew him as a man with an enormous heart and a love for the working poor, a man for all people. He put his life on the line as a police officer and public servant...

In the constellation of young stars who are stepping up for the true legacy of Christopher Columbus, Robert Petrone is exceptional. An accomplished attorney, author, researcher, and communicator, Robert has focused his considerable energy and many skills on disrupting the lies of those seeking to whitewash the great navigator. Rob excels at presenting the volumes...