Some fool in Oregon killed a guy, then pleaded guilty in exchange for...fried chicken. I was really hoping dude wasn't black. No dice. His name is Tremayne. At least he ordered some calzones instead of biscuits. Wouldn't want to, you know, confirm any stereotypes.
Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. 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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