Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Temptations of Narrative
Few writers have seemed as aware of the hazards of professional opinion-mongering as Ta-Nehisi Coates. “Columns are where great journalists go to die,” he once wrote. “Unmoored from the rigors of actually making calls and expending shoe leather,
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What Ta-Nehisi Coates Doesn't Understand About Us Palestinians | Opinion
This is not a civil rights struggle akin to 1960s America or apartheid South Africa. It's grown into a fully-blown military conflict between two separate nationhoods.
Ta-Nehisi Coates on the backlash from “The Message”
Acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates has been on an unusual and controversial book tour. He has received significant media backlash for "The Message," a new collection of essays which include his reflections on a trip to the West Bank.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Corrects the Record
Despite his extraordinary success, Ta-Nehisi Coates still carries the habits of the blogger in his writerly DNA. Although he got his start as a journalist at the Washington City Paper in the 1990s under the tutelage of David Carr while still an undergraduate at Howard University,
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Israel: ‘I Felt Lied To’
In his new book of essays, “ The Message ,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about a trip he took to Israel and the West Bank in May 2023. “I felt lied to,” he told me. “I felt lied to by my craft. I felt lied to by major media organizations.”
The Message By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates will return to DC and the campus of Howard University Thursday, October 3 rd at Crampton Auditorium to present his most recent book The Message; a collection of three essays addressed to Howard students on writing and the power of mythology from his travels to South Carolina, Senegal, and Palestine.
CBS News exec says Ta-Nehisi Coates interview didn’t meet standards
During an interview on “CBS Mornings” to promote his new book, Coates faced fierce questioning — and accusations of extremism — from co-host Tony Dokoupil.
Shari Redstone backs 'CBS Mornings' host over controversial Ta-Nehisi Coates interview
The chairman of CBS parent Paramount Global said she disagreed with her news executives' decision to admonish "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil.
CBS News says heated Ta-Nehisi Coates interview did not meet editorial standards after criticism
CBS News executives said Monday that a heated morning show interview with acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates, during which his new book was compared to “extremist” writings, did not meet the network’s editorial standards.
Was ‘CBS Mornings’ host Tony Dokoupil’s interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates too tough?
CBS management took the unusual step of scolding Dokoupil before his colleagues for not living up to network standards.
In ‘The Message,’ Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about the stories that fuel bigotry
Coates’s latest, a travelogue and a meditation on aesthetics and politics, is not dramatic enough to be as provocative as its ...
'I'm a little stunned': Ta-Nehisi Coates responds to sharp backlash to 'The Message'
Acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates has been on an unusual and controversial book tour. He has received significant media backlash for "The Message," a new collection of essays which include his ...
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Was the viral Ta-Nehisi Coates interview a hit piece or fair play? A journalism ethics expert weighs in.
After Tony Dokoupil’s questions on CBS Mornings faced criticism, the network said it fell short of editorial standards ...
Ta-Nehisi Coates: American culture ‘complicit’ in dehumanizing Palestinians
Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of the new book “The Message,” discusses his experiences visiting the Middle East, Africa and South ...
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Book Review: Ta-Nehisi Coates visits Senegal, South Carolina and the Middle East for ‘The Message’
Ta-Nehisi Coates returns with a slim volume of three essays called “The Message.” Based on trips he took to Senegal, South ...
Review: In 'The Message,' Ta-Nehisi Coates seeks a kind of corrective redemption
The Message” recalls the spirit of Baldwin as Ta-Nehisi Coates places himself in foreign surroundings to gain a better ...