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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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Obama and incrementalism

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Feb 16 2009, 3:00 PM ET Comment

The L.A. Times has a pretty well reported piece about Obama's relationship to liberals. The kid's getting it from all sides at the moment. But what worries me, specifically, is this:

Advocates for stem cell research thought Obama would quickly sign an order to reverse former President Bush's restrictions on the science. Now they are fretting over Obama's statement that he wants to act in tandem with Congress, possibly causing a delay.
I'm sure one of my sharp commenters has an explanation for this. I don't have one. I'd love to see an executive order on this.

UPDATE: Link fixt.


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