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<strong>Scripps Howard Foundation Wire</strong></p>
<p><strong>WASHINGTON</strong> – Growing up in the United States, Luis Miranda did not know he was an undocumented immigrant until years after he and his family had left Colombia.</p>
<p>“It wasn’t until later when I tried to join the Civil Air Patrol … that I realized that I didn’t have a Social Security number. And that’s when it dawned on me what being undocumented actually meant,” said Miranda, who was 11 years old when he found out.</p>

Commentary:
By Steve Rodriguez

What price diversity? That’s the question I now ask myself when watching the popular TV show The Big Bang Theory.
Frequent viewing of this highly rated CBS show—now in its sixth season—has previously begged a more fundamental question: How can a show set in Southern California (Pasadena to be more precise) refuse to feature any Latino characters?

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Women muralists return to the scene of their early development as activists/artists

Editors Note: This article is a follow-up to Rita Sanchez’s La Prensa article, “Mujeres Muralistas: Chicano Park Female Artists”(June 29, 2012). It contributes to the on-going, larger story of important female contributions to Chicano Park.

By Gail Pérez

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<p>On the way to Tucson’s Freedom Summer, I’m driving with a few friends. We speak of several topics and at one point, someone laments that over the past several years, former state school’s superintendent, Tom Horne, his successor, John Huppenthal along with TUSD superintendent, John Pedicone, had managed to bury Tucson’s highly praised and highly successful Mexican American Studies (MAS) department.</p>