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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.

The Amazing Thing About The Palin Family Feud Is...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Apr 8 2009, 2:00 PM ET Comment

...the fact that people believed that the indisputable, inarguable, right thing was for these two kids to get married. Amazing. I hope they reconcile, in some way. And I'm glad they had the kid. My son wasn't "planned." But I feel what dude is saying--he also wasn't a mistake. I hope he gets access to his boy. Fathers can't be replaced



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