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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.

Alvin Greene on Olbermann

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Jun 11 2010, 9:00 AM ET Comment

It was interesting watching this piece. In interviews, Greene is like Sarah Palin without the extra words. Or the cue cards. Brothers gotta catch up.

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