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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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Last Night

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Sep 5 2008, 7:17 AM ET Comment

Went to bed sick. I think Westmoreland sent the plague come take me out. Haven't watched yet. What did you guys think? Please try to put yourselves in the minds of Republicans and/or swing voters who might be swayed. It may have been dishonest, for instance, but was it effective?

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