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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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One way for Palin to help McCain

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Aug 29 2008, 3:19 PM ET Comment

If I were Sarah Palin, I would go on Hardball with Chris Matthews every other week. If anyone can remake a rabid creationist pro-lifer into an icon of feminism, it's Matthews. Who wants to bet on how many times Matthews comments on how "beautiful" Palin is? Remember this?




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