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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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By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Feb 6 2009, 1:02 PM ET Comment

From SeanH:

Ugh. Relax and get well, dude. Toss us a NFL draft/free agency thread and most of us will be happy all day.
Consider it done. I don't watch much college, so my knowledge of this stuff is limited to free agency. I know the Cards have got a grip of dudes coming up.


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