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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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Quid pro quo or it's Senator Blagojevich

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Dec 18 2008, 11:28 AM ET Comment

Seriously, I'm launching a one-man crusade to get this Spencer Ackerman joint on urban radio. My son loves it almost as much as the original. So for the next few weeks, prepare to see this vid popping up randomly from time to time.



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