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John Mancini – Founder and Executive Director
Affordability
I just read an interesting story about the passing of 91-year-old Salvatore Lanzilotta. He was born into a family with 19 children! The accompanying photo of that family from the 1930s looked like a military formation. The kids appeared to ...
Bill Dal Cerro, Senior Analyst
LET’S HEAR IT FROM THE LADIES!
Back in January, I wrote a blog called "Here's to the Ladies!" It was a reference to Tony Bennett's famous 1995 CD—a series of songs by famous American female singers—and also a tribute to talented Chicago women who have been ...
Rosario A. Iaconis, Senior Analyst
What Ken Burns Left Out
Contrary to Ken Burns’ recent documentary on the American Revolution, it was a band of Italians, the ancient Romans—not the Iroquois—who served as the model for our fledgling republic. Those are Roman fasces mounted in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
Bob Masullo, Guest Author
ITALIAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS
Alfred E. Smith Who were the pioneer U.S. government officials with Italian roots? The answers are more than names that belong in history books. In a tangible way they provide a measure of how far Italian-Americans have come in the ...
