Italians, Catholics, and ethnics from Catholic backgrounds are thick on the ground in Massachusetts in 2018. They generally regard themselves — and are seen as — “American.” In 2018 in Somerville, Massachusetts, our Italian-American mayor, Joe Curtatone, is turning his back on the glorification of Christopher Columbus. In Somerville, Columbus …
Anything you can do yourself, you can do more safely if you have allies doing it with you, or doing other things …
“Show your papers!” That sounds like something from a World War II movie. We don’t get asked to show it much, but …
York, Pennsylvania is becoming the poster-child town for the intersection of “Make America Great Again” intolerance and liberal tolerance. Walking the city, …
Here we are, in greater Boston. About half the people who live here were born here. A worthy chunk of the rest …