Can a Highway Be Racist?

Can a Highway Be Racist?

Houston residents and elected officials are trying to stop the largest urban highway project of their lifetimes -- one that would clear out more than 1,000 homes in primarily Black and Latin neighborhoods and, they say, introduce additional flooding and health risks. Now, residents have a powerful new ally in Washington: the Biden administration. The fate of I-45 may tell us something about what 21st-century infrastructure will look like.

Guests: Tomaro Bell, Houston resident and community leader, and Oni Blair, executive director of LINK Houston.

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