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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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I'm a feminist because I like women

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jul 10 2008, 5:21 PM ET Comment

I know folks are hammering McCain over the Phil Gramm comment, but dig this incredible response from McCain to Carly Fiorina immenintly sensible point that if health care is going to cover Viagra, it should cover birth control. I don't understand how it helps "men" to restrict access of birth control for women. What man thinks that restricting access to birth control for his wife/mother/daughter/partner helps him?



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