More than a month after my trip to Italy, I keep thinking about one of the books I read there--Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy, by Robert Putnam. A classic text of governance ...

Italy has been under the grip of the coronavirus crisis for nearly two months, and it is becoming clear that the poor and vulnerable South of the country is now suffering not just from the health ...

SAN DONATO VAL DI COMINO, ITALY — At six o’clock each morning, the alcoholics, addicts and mentally ill residents of this Italian village emerge from their homes and congregate in the cafés around the ...

Italy has by far seen the most deaths from COVID-19. That number now tops 10,000. It's considered the country's worst crisis since World War II. The United States is still weeks behind in terms of the ...