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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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A bad time for the empire...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nov 3 2008, 8:21 AM ET Comment

Man, Wade Phillips is gonna be Wade Phillips, but my son's team lost yesterday 13-0. Last game of the season. Kinda horrifying to see 8-year old kids crying on the sidelines because they wanted to win so bad. The kid was damn near inconsolable.

In other news, the Titans look real. Consider this your NFL open thread.


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