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   Bert and customer at Carter's Barbershop 3620 West Cermak Road, Chicago. 

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   Having trouble finding work? What if you were trying to put your life back together after prison. Derek Brown and Vince Bolton talk to The Chicago Reporter Editor Kimbriell Kelly and Publisher Alden Loury.

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   Vince Bolton, Alden Loury, Derek Brown and Jeff Kelly Lowenstein.

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  Neighborhoods in Chicago have the highest unemployment rate in the country. Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, with The Chicago Reporter, takes us through the magazine's upcoming unemployment investigation.

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   Cheryl Freeman Smith (mic in hand) of the Chicago Urban League, barber shop patron Phillip Bailey and Shquestra Sitawi of YWCA.

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   Need some practical tips for finding a job? Kimbriell Kelly gets the list from two counselors and a Phillip who said, for him, landing a good job, started with a good temp agency.

Dulce Mora of Radio Arte and her guests at Kristoffer's Cafe' and Bakery talk about World Cup, Tennis comes to Pilsen and should athletes become political?

We're at Kristoffer's, 1733 South Halstead Street, each Monday 10 a.m. to noon. Stop by or email us with a topic or potential guest zocalo@vocalo.org.

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   Sebastien Labat, president and coordinator of Chicago World Cup LLC and Michelle Ramirez talk to Dulce Mora about how soccer brings together Chicago's diverse and growing immigrant community and how the game is finally breaking out in the US.

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   There have not been a lot of tennis players in Pilsen, at least not until now. Mark Revermann runs the Pilsen Tennis Camp which he co-founded in 2009 with Tara Alcazar. He is credited to bringing youth tennis to a neighborhood that would typically show more interest in soccer, baseball and skateboarding.

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   A little coffee house roundtable. Johnny and Blane of Pilson, and Martin Macias, Jr, of Radio Arte, talk to Dulce  about whether athletes should make political statements from the Suns recently protesting Arizona's recent immigration law by changing their name for a night to "Los Suns". 

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   Alden Loury, publisher of The Chicago Reporter, leans into Kimbriell Kelly, editor, during the broadcast June 11, 2010 at Carter's Barbershop in North Lawndale. Reporter Angela Caputo confers in the corner, prior to going on air.

In the wake of Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn declaring he will sign a state budget with a $13 billion deficit, The Chicago Reporter assembled guestsa and asked patrons of Carter's Barbershop about the impact cuts would have in the community. 

Segment one. Reporter Angela Caputo and Sarah Karp, editor with Catalyst Chicago break down the impact on schools.

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   Segment two. Kimbriell interviews Patricia Hill of the African American Police League and Chicago police officer Vincent, who had just gotten out of the chair after a shave at Carters, including the rise in domestic violence calls.

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   Segment three. Kimbriell talks with Terri Johnson of Hull House and barbershop customer Tamika of Lawndale Christian Development Corporation, about how cuts in social services will impact the community, including how programs for dealing with sexual assault and children may be on the chopping block.

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   Tremendous News brings kittens to bare on the Gulf oil spill.

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Will the Gusher in the Gulf really have an impact on how America views oil? 

What, if anything will change or needs to change? Leave us your best guess. We'll air it Thursday 10 a.m. to noon Central time on Zocalo: Your public square. 

Comment here or record your response at our hotline (888) 635-1112. Press "2" and say this is for Zocalo.