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Hear what four seniors at TEAM Englewood Community Academy High School had to say when they competed in the Spring 2012 Louder Than a Bomb Youth Poetry Festival.

Twenty years on from the publication of Studs Terkel's Race, Black says class issues have become central to the issue of race in Chicago.

A recent report that the Pew Center released about Asian-Americans, stating that they are more educated and have higher incomes, was rejected by groups such as the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans to the Japanese American Citizens League.

Poet Christian Robinson was an 18-year-old senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School when he competed in the Louder Than a Bomb Youth Poetry Festival in the Spring of 2011 representing his high school. Identifying with both his African-American background and his Mexican background, Ode to the Spanish Language explores how the two cultures affect Christian’s everyday life.

 All this week in the series Race Out Loud, WBEZ and Vocalo talked about race in frank conversations, stories and in public.Last Sunday afternoon, I hosted a group of friends at my home in Pilsen.

There is no news here.  Nothing could be more every day – literally. I did something that one in 20 Chicagoans do on weekdays and something that I’ve done too many times to count. I took a ride on the CTA Red Line.

In 1993, a cocky and successful real estate agent was ordered by his boss to take one day off each week. He decided to volunteer at an orphanage. What he didn’t expect was that a 9-year-old boy would have a lasting impact on his life. WBEZ presents a half-hour audio documentary from producers Alex Kotlowitz and Amy Drozdowska.