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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.
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The Inescapable Math Of The Democratic Nomination

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Apr 24 2008, 9:25 AM ET Comment

Sorry, but I'm going to keep banging this home. Here's the Jed Report demonstrating why Hillary has virtually no chance to win. This race is over folks. There are a lot of people--mostly on cable news--making money by convincing us that Obama can't knock out Hillary. They are lying to you for ratings. This race has basically been over for two months now.



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