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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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Harold Ford

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jun 3 2008, 9:18 PM ET Comment

Mat Yglesias gives him pimp slap he so desperately deserves. More importantly, Harold Ford lost. Who is he to give Obama advice? Barack Obama is the senator--not Harold Ford. Barack Obama won Oregon, while holding 90 percent of the black vote. Harold Ford should be sitting back, and taking notes.



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