Here is the latest open thread in history. Sorry they haven't been around. I've been running the last two weeks.
I'm kind of on a blogging rampage right now. Don't know how long I will go. There's a lot I've been wanting to say. I bet you feel the same. It's yours.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power.