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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 more from the "I ain't no punk" watch

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oct 15 2008, 8:26 PM ET Comment

Heh, debate advice from Sarah Palin:

"Barack Obama even has called John McCain out on this saying, 'Hey, if you've got something to say, say it to my face in a debate,'" said Palin.

"So we'll see tonight if John McCain does that," Palin added in her interview with ABC affiliate WMUR.

She really should stop "helping" the campaign.




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