Esteban Torres, longtime L.A. congressman who championed Latino rights, dies at 91
Torres, 91, arose from the Chicano rights movement to become an eight-term congressman who also served in President Carter administration.
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Torres, 91, arose from the Chicano rights movement to become an eight-term congressman who also served in President Carter administration.
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Their resources for transportation projects. one thing listeners should know about race in america is that 30 states in this country do not allow gas tax revenue to go to public transit projects and that is actually a vestage of states deciding not to allow public transit to fight racial integration so now this is not something that necessarily states are continuing to think about but the impacts of these laws that were adopted in the '50s are very much getting in the way of innovation and creating jobs for communities that need them and by the way hurting a lot of white communities in the pro...