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Suspended Mexican American Studies Classes Could be Restored in Arizona

By Samantha Leal | 11/14/2012 - 16:04 | 0 Comments

Suspended Mexican American studies courses that were eliminated from classrooms earlier this year by the Tucson Unified School District in Arizona could be reinstated (and even expanded!) by a new pact. The pact would bring closure to a 1974 lawsuit over racial segregation in Arizona's public schools, reports ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Hernandez Tells LATINA He Wasn't Even Supposed to be There

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 01/13/2011 - 16:30 | 1 Comment

Growing up in Tucson, the son of a Mexican mom and a Mexican American dad, Daniel Hernandez wanted to be a doctor, someone who helps people in dire need. By the time he’d been bitten by the politics bug and joined Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ campaign, he had no idea that the nursing assistant training course he’d taken in high school...