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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Dylann Roof and the Death Penalty

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“A year after Obama saluted the families for their spirit of forgiveness, his administration seeks the death penalty for the Charleston shooter. On Tuesday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced she would seek the death penalty for Dylann Roof.”

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Conceptualizing the Black Panther – The Atlantic

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The Atlantic

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“Four Atlantic writers discuss the newest installment in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. Captain America: Civil War is here—an ambitious, sprawling epic featuring a dozen superheroes doing battle over the question of whether the United Nations should start regulating their activities.”

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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Homecomings

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“Everyone wants some place to retreat, to collapse, to be at home—but you can’t always go home again. In the summer of 2001, my family and I moved into the Prospect-Lefferts Garden neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. I was 25. My partner was 24. Our son was 11 months.”