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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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Blago names a senator

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Dec 30 2008, 4:02 PM ET Comment

Amazing. But more amazing is that he found someone to actually accept an appointment. And of course the dude had to be black. Damn, Jeana. Video of Blago's announcement below. I didn't catch all of it but I did hear him say something like, "Don't see myself resinging, even if these feds house me\Big up to Jesse Jr. Big up to Jan Schakowsky..." And then he dissed Common.



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