I won't be around for tonight's verdict, but my sense is that people may want to talk. Here's a space. Let's hope Disqus is acting right.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, We Were Eight Years in Power, and The Water Dancer.