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The Parade itself is merely the climax to a weekend of activities. The entire month of September is a blur of frenetic movement…The tremendous crowd of supporters waving their Italian and American flags will not be thinking of the Columbus...

The word “racist” has lost all meaning and power in the last decade; the word is thrown around so frivolously as to devalue it completely; if everything is racist then nothing is. And what is the benefit of even asking...

For centuries, Siena served as a place for pilgrims to rest their heads, yet its own people, beauty, and innovation have remained unheralded. What is it, then, about this Tuscan city that so enchants? Jane Tylus, professor of Italian and...