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In early 20th-century America, baseball became a pathway to belonging for Italian immigrants and their children, on and off the field ...

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Augustus, Rome's first Emperor and "inventor" of Ferragosto (Photo: Vladimir Mucibabic/Dreamstime) The creation of such festivities was also a political act. Augustus placed himself in a position of ...