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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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Real Issues

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nov 9 2008, 10:55 AM ET Comment

There's a tendency to get caught up in all the symbolism of Obama. But I realized the reality of things reading this piece--stem-cell research is coming folks. Damn.

UPDATE: Link fixt. Thanks guys.


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