Category: Italian-American

PREMIERING 9 PM ET: How Did a 21-Year-Old Manage to Attract 1 Million Subscribers on YouTube? | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 142

Raised in a far-left activist household, 21-year-old Amala Ekpunobi was once a student organizer for the left. Unanswered questions—and a search for the truth—led her to a complete ideological transformation.  Passionately sharing her new conservative values online, Amala became a viral social media sensation. Now the host of PragerU’s show “Unapologetic with Amala,” she inspires…


PREMIERING NOW: How Did a 21-Year-Old Manage to Attract 1 Million Subscribers on YouTube? | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 142

Raised in a far-left activist household, 21-year-old Amala Ekpunobi was once a student organizer for the left. Unanswered questions—and a search for the truth—led her to a complete ideological transformation.  Passionately sharing her new conservative values online, Amala became a viral social media sensation. Now the host of PragerU’s show “Unapologetic with Amala,” she inspires…


How Did a 21-Year-Old Manage to Attract 1 Million Subscribers on YouTube? | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 142

Raised in a far-left activist household, 21-year-old Amala Ekpunobi was once a student organizer for the left. Unanswered questions—and a search for the truth—led her to a complete ideological transformation.  Passionately sharing her new conservative values online, Amala became a viral social media sensation. Now the host of PragerU’s show “Unapologetic with Amala,” she inspires…


Iron Range Porketta 

You can buy prepared porketta in most supermarkets in northern Minnesota and in other parts of the country these days, but it is well worth making your own. I use the porketta recipe from B.J. Carpenter’s “Come, You Taste: Family Recipes From the Iron Range.” It can be served as a traditional roast, but I…


The Family Table: Summer Memories of an Italian-American Jersey Farm Girl

Submitted by Eleanor Rodio Furlong, Naples, Florida I’m a Jersey girl. I’m a farm girl. I’m an Italian American girl. I grew up on a family farm in a small town in rural southern New Jersey. I was the youngest of eight children born to Carlo and Frances Rodio. My mother was 41. Nick, my…


Philadelphia Mayor Kenney Sued for Ethnic Discrimination

A Philadelphia Councilmember, as well as Italian American groups, are suing the City of Philadelphia and Mayor Jim Kenney in U.S. District Court over a decision to rename the city’s Columbus Day holiday to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The plaintiffs alleged that the mayor’s executive orders discriminated against Italian-Americans while exalting another ethnic group. Also cited…


Swap the Protein but Keep the Appeal of This Rustic Dish

The modern-day Italian American version of cacciatore typically contains bone-in chicken pieces in a garlicky, wine-enhanced tomato sauce studded with onions, peppers, and mushrooms. For a fresh revamp, we decided to use bone-in pork chops that had just enough fat to work well when braised. The bone adds flavor, and using bone-in chops honors the…