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Why ending affirmative action makes America less secure

Host Melissa Harris-Perry's letter this week is to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts as he considers a challenge to the affirmative action program at the University of Texas. Full story

Dear John Roberts: Ending affirmative action makes our country less secure

  Melissa Harris-Perry makes an argument to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts as he considers a challenge to the affirmative action program at the University of Texas.

Debt Ceiling Crisis Overrated?

  James Galbraith, economics professor, at University of Texas, discusses whether the "debt ceiling" saga is just another overrated crisis in Washington.

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The lover of the late Farrah Fawcett Ryan O’Neal says an Andy Warhol portrait of the “Charlie’s Angel” star belongs to him despite Fawcett’s will bequeathing all of her artwork to her alma mater, the University of Texas.

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