Sicily

Italian Americans celebrating during a Christopher Columbus Day parade.
Culture
How Columbus Day contributes to the cultural erasure of Italian Americans
three cars are parked in front of a wall with graffiti
Immigration
Shopkeepers sue Sicilian Mafia in first-ever migrant-led case
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Arts, Culture & Media
Young migrants in Sicily heal from sea-crossing traumas through theater
Syrian refugee girl rests inside the Spanish rescue vessel Astral after being rescued by the Spanish NGO Proactiva off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea.
Conflict
Migrants desperate to flee Libya’s detention camps are being turned back at sea
venice
Global Politics
Venice prepares for autonomy vote on Sunday
Barcelona soccer fans make their feelings known about Catalan independence, at a game on Wednesday Oct 18th 2017
Culture
The roots of Catalonia’s differences with the rest of Spain
New York City's ‘Little Italy’. Mulberry Street, Lower East Side, circa 1900
Justice
A brief history of America’s hostility to a previous generation of Mediterranean migrants — Italians
"The Door of Lampedusa, Door of Europe" underscores the situation of refugees who arrive on Lampedusa as the entry point to the rest of Europe.
Conflict & Justice
The refugee tragedy at Lampedusa seems all too familiar to a reporter covering the US-Mexico border
Conflict & Justice
Italy’s Mafia Gets Into Renewables
Arts, Culture & Media
Remembering opera singer Salvatore Licitra
Conflict & Justice
Refugees who want to return to Libya
Bridging the Straits of Messina
Love and Death in the Seas of Sicily
Arts, Culture & Media
Myth busting Geo Quiz
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Conflict & Justice
Why Libya is different
Global Politics
Mediterranean island