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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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Your enemies closer: The Joe Lieberman Edition

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Feb 19 2009, 8:44 AM ET Comment

I meant to blog about the role Joe Lieberman played in getting the stimulus package through the Senate. I wasn't big on dumping Lieberman, but I'm divided on this story. It feels  a little too neat--all the people vouching for Lieberman's role are people with an interest in seeing Lieberman redeemed. That said, I still think it was the right call.

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