This Columbus Day, we mark the 80th anniversary of the arrests, interments, curfews, and mass surveillance of more than 600,000 Italian American immigrants during World War II. Liberties and civil rights were stripped away by mere presidential proclamation, not for crimes but for heritage, language, and culture...

If you are a New Yorker or care about New York, you'll want to hear what Tom di Napoli has to say. Comptroller Di Napoli, the state's chief financial officer, is also the state's senior statewide office holder, having served since 2007.

Best-selling author Mary Grabar deconstructs Howard Zinn, the self-described anarchist-socialist who first and wrongly accused Columbus of genocide in his 1980 book, “A Peoples History of the United States.” As we all know, it went downhill from there. This event is a must for all who seek to understand how Zinn’s seed germinated into a...

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...