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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.

The Value of 19 Debates

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Feb 27 2008, 8:53 AM ET Comment

The fact is that Obama has just gotten better and better. It's either that or he just performs better in the one on ones. Two things: I want Obama to get that Jeremiah Wright defense down pat, and then I want him to do the right thing on public financing. If you're gonna be about it, be about it.



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