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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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Chris Matthews for Senate

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nov 28 2008, 10:06 AM ET Comment

UPDATE: Sorry guys, in semi-vacation mode here. Anyway, as you've surely already seen Chris Matthews says he's not in prep mode.

Uhhh...this strikes me as a bad idea. Just based on his show, if I were in Pennsy, I might vote for Arlen Specter. I'm not one for gotcha journalism, but this is an attack ad in waiting. I guess this sort of thing isn't policy, so it shouldn't matter, but still...



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