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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.

One last non-story

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Dec 9 2008, 9:56 AM ET Comment

Susan Rice and Hillary Clinton may not like each other. How do we know this? Because of on the record quotes? Because of off the record quotes? Because of past problems? Nope. Because Rice wants her own transition team at State. Also, they visited the State Department at separate times. Oh, the horror...

No more of that today guys. We now return to our regularly scheduled programming of Wade Phillips-bashing, World of Warcraft, the angry left, Joss Whedon and black folks...


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