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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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And once again it's on--Obama's riposte to "Celebrity"

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Aug 11 2008, 8:14 AM ET Comment

You wanted him to hit back. Here it is. I can't tell if this works. The closest I've ever been to being an undecided voter was when Freddy Ferrer ran against Bloomberg. That lasted about two hours. Anyway, what does the room think?




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