Letters and Politics – June 4, 2014
Richard Wolff on the latest economic numbers and the EU election. Former Congressional member Tony Coehlo on the UN Treaty on Disabled Persons.

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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Richard Wolff on the latest economic numbers and the EU election. Former Congressional member Tony Coehlo on the UN Treaty on Disabled Persons.
Global Perspective On Violence Against Women with Rafia Zakaria, comulnist with Dawn newspaper, and Preeti Shekar, journalist and women rights activist.
Proposed EPA rules would, for the first time, limit carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. We’ll talk about it with Tim McDonnell of Mother Jones Magazine and Tyson Slocum with Public Citizen. Then a conversation with Matt Fitzgerald, author of the book Diet Cults.
The End of Sub Marcos with journalists Alejandro Reyes and John Gibler. Pacifica’a Leilani Albano speaks to Aquilina Soriano Versoza of the Pilipino Workers Center 6 months after Hurricane Haiyan.
Aaron Glantz with the Center for Investigative Reporting on the VA scandals. Writer Jesmyn Ward on the passing of Maya Angelou.
Guest host Shora Zamani interviews Carrie Wickham, author of the book The Muslim Brotherhood: Evolution of an Islamist Movement.