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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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Flash the message, someone's out there...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nov 25 2008, 4:00 PM ET Comment

Namely John Forte, who just got pardoned by George Bush. Gawker kicks the ballistics. Meanwhile, in a nod to John, let us remember the days of hip-hop past. Damn, we even make John Travolta look good...


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