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New York's racial reparations idiocy
March 3, 2024 | 7:31pmNY Gov. Kathy Hochul's “reparations” panel launches and it's a guaranteed recipe for adding to racial divisions.
Martin Luther King Jr.: The best of America
January 14, 2024 | 12:43pmUltimately, Martin Luther King’s legacy is that he managed to combat injustice by appealing to Americans’ highest aspirations. And that is why the nation rightly celebrates him today.
Portland man convicted of hate crime ordered to read Ta-Nehisi Coates' book
December 21, 2022 | 4:11pmOregon judge throws the book at a man convicted of a hate crime -- ordering him to read ant-racist author Ta-Nehisi Coates.
What would the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. think of America today?
January 16, 2022 | 5:54pmWere Martin Luther King alive in 2022 to celebrate his 93rd birthday, what would he have to say about his nation’s contentious racial landscape?
An African-American professor on the case for black patriotism
April 19, 2021 | 7:53pmThere is a fashionable standoffishness characteristic of much elite thinking about blacks’ relationship to America — as exemplified, for instance, by The New York Times’s 1619 Project. Does this posture...
Media pushes false narrative of racism
April 15, 2021 | 11:03pmThe riots that have erupted after the killing of Daunte Wright reinforce a familiar pattern. This response is rooted not only in tragedy, but in a distorted perception of reality. ...
'One Day At a Time' Canceled at Pop TV
November 24, 2020 | 7:35pmPlus, the 90210 cast plots a virtual reunion, HBO makes Between the World and Me free for Thanksgiving, and more.
Susan Kelechi Watson 'over the moon' about 'Between the World and Me'
November 19, 2020 | 7:38pmThe star-studded production is based on the 2015 book by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Ta-Nehisi Coates' 'Between The World and Me' Book to Become HBO Special
July 23, 2020 | 1:46pmThis Is Us star Susan Kelechi Watson is set to co-executive produce the project.
Stream It Or Skip It: 'Oprah's Book Club' On Apple TV+, Where Oprah Winfrey Goes Back To The Talk Show Game To Talk To Top Authors
November 1, 2019 | 3:30pmThis may sound obvious, but you need to do your homework before clicking play on Oprah's newest talk series.
Collection of David Carr's writings coming in 2020
April 22, 2019 | 1:40pmNEW YORK — Writings by the late David Carr, the revered author and journalist, are coming out in book form next year. Ta-Nehisi Coates, a friend whom Carr once mentored,...
Ta-Nehisi Coates deletes Twitter after spat with Cornel West
December 19, 2017 | 3:44pmBest-selling and National Book Award winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates has deleted his Twitter account after an internet spat with philosopher Dr. Cornel West. West published a critical short essay in...
Ta-Nehisi Coates sells Brooklyn brownstone over safety concerns
February 15, 2017 | 9:05amAtlantic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, one of the country's leading writers on race, has sold the landmarked Brooklyn brownstone he owned briefly for $2.1 million, according to city property records. Coates bought...
Making freshmen read 'Between the World and Me' is a mistake
August 22, 2016 | 8:24pmDozens of US colleges, including NYU and my Brooklyn College, have chosen Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me” as their common freshman reading. It’s a terrible mistake — and...
Ta-Nehisi Coates hacks $100K off Brooklyn brownstone
July 6, 2016 | 7:17pmOne month after putting his stunning Brooklyn brownstone on the market for $2.39 million, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has knocked $100,000 off of the listing price. It is now asking $2.29...
Ta-Nehisi Coates selling Brooklyn brownstone over safety concerns
May 31, 2016 | 1:44amWriter Ta-Nehisi Coates is selling the pricey Brooklyn brownstone he bought just last month — because The Post and other media outlets published his address. The Prospect-Lefferts Gardens home has...
Ta-Nehisi Coates' stunted view of America
July 24, 2015 | 7:51pmMoses gave us the Ten Commandments. Paul gave us the Epistles. And Ta-Nehisi gave us “Between the World and Me.” The new book by Atlantic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, in the...