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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.

Serious analysis of the financial crisis

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Sep 22 2008, 10:00 AM ET Comment

I wanted to draw on my vast reservoir of knowledge and say something deep about the bailout. But then I realized nothing I could say whatever match the sage, sober advice of The Flaming Lips. Seriously, we can chat about the bailout--but watch the video first.





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