In his blog at the Atlantic, Ta-Nahesi Coates takes on a right-wing radio host’s comments about the president and says he won’t stop taking about racism until it ceases to be a significant force in our politics. One thing I’ve never seen is a bigot cite actual racism as a defense against their own racism.…

Because of the Trayvon Martin case, the “Stand your ground” law is now extremely controversial, but what about when someone picks a fight in a premeditated attempt to use the law as their defense? The Atlantic‘s Ta-Nehisi Coates digs into a case of just that — and the man in question, Houston’s Raul Rodriguez, was…

There is nothing simple about one’s sexual preference, especially if the person in question works in the NFL, one of America’s most masculine sports leagues. The Atlantic columnist Ta-Nehisi Coates tackles the NFL’s various responses to former baller Wade Davis, who recently came out of the closet, pointing out that bigotry has a different face…

This week was a big one for marriage equality, thanks to President Barack Obama’s announcement of support for gay marriage. Following in his footsteps was Jay-Z, hip-hop’s leader of sorts, and then T.I., among others, including boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Ice Cube. Ta-Nehisi Coates of the Atlantic says that opposition to gay marriage never…

Football is obviously a dangerous sport, writes the Atlantic‘s senior editor Ta-Nehisi Coates, but NFL fans and executives must be honest and open about that fact. Coates, who declared earlier this week that he could no longer support a sport that inflicts such injury on its players, added in a new column that those who…

In his blog at the Atlantic, Ta-Nahesi Coates writes that while everyone has the right to risk physical danger, his conscience won’t let him continue to watch football after the sport’s most recent tragedy — the death of Junior Seau. What’s fairly clear to me is that football and its surrounding apparatus—the players, the big…

Atlantic blogger Ta-Nehisi Coates writes that he received a note from a commenter who apologized for white privilege after reading his memoir, The Beautiful Struggle. Coates said that was unnecessary because money could not buy his parents or the privilege they provided him. I want to stress that I really appreciate this note. While I…

The Atlantic‘s Ta-Nehisi Coates is a longtime fan of Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show but found himself disagreeing with the comedian this week. In a recent skit, Stewart skewered the American news media for its coverage of the killing of Trayvon Martin. Coates argues that if it weren’t for the media blitz that these outlets…