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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 cold, cold world

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nov 7 2008, 10:08 AM ET Comment

With heartbreak all around. I swear I don't believe in the death penalty. But the psychopaths do test your convictions, no? Why did they think they'd get away? My reaction is prejudiced, emotional and wrong. All I can think when looking at those boys, Where was your father?

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