Anita Torrez sits smiling in her sunlit Tucson living room. | Al Neal / PW
People’s World has learned of the passing of Anita Torrez. A fuller story is on the way from her comrades in Arizona but for now we reprint the following article in her memory.
This article won a first place award in the Best Profile Story category at the 2020 Labor Media Awards, presented by the International Labor Communications Association.
It’s a lonely two-lane stretch of Arizona desert highway from Phoenix to Tucson. To your left and to your right greenish-brown desert brush, solitary cacti, and tan, rocky valleys and hilltops seem to dance before your eyes. A mirage.