Education Jul 10 With Harris and Hannah-Jones, Howard University is on a roll By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press
Arts Sep 24 Watch 7:23 Memory is a superpower in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ novel about the Underground Railroad To make the case for reparations for the toll of slavery, acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has offered forceful advocacy and powerful data-driven argument. With his first novel, "The Water Dancer," he uses fiction to illuminate the Underground Railroad. Coates joins… By PBS NewsHour
Politics Jun 19 WATCH: House panel debates idea of reparations for slavery Actor and activist Danny Glover and writer Ta-Nehisi Coates are among the witnesses that testified at a hearing Wednesday. By Errin Haines Whack, Associated Press
Nation Oct 12 Watch 6:58 Ta-Nehisi Coates on the unfair expectation that one black president could undo inequality In “We Were Eight Years in Power,” Ta-Nehisi Coates calls President Trump the “first white president” for the ways Trump has made the racial identity of former President Obama so central to his politics. Coates joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss… By PBS News Hour
Politics Dec 21 Watch 10:38 How Obama’s unique background shaped his outlook on race The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates has criticized President Obama’s policies toward black Americans. Perhaps for that reason, he was invited to discuss such issues with Mr. Obama several times throughout the president's second term. As part of a collaboration with The… By PBS News Hour
Dec 31 These prize winners show 2015 was a diverse year in books By artsdesk The literary world was packed with a diverse field of prize-winners this year. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch 54:35 PBS NewsHour full episode October 14, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, violence and tension surge in Israel. Also: The winners of the first Democratic debate, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer discusses his new book, Ta-Nehisi Coates and his take on race relations, California's sequoias suffer from the… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch 7:34 Ta-Nehisi Coates: ‘We made that decision’ to have mass incarceration By PBS News Hour Ta-Nehisi Coates, newly named MacArthur fellow who has been shortlisted for the National Book Award, speaks to Gwen Ifill about his writings on the “gray waste” of mass incarceration and racial inequality, and why he makes the case for reparations… Continue watching
Sep 29 Ta-Nehisi Coates deemed a ‘genius,’ trolls the Internet By Colleen Shalby The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates joined the latest class of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellows, also known as "geniuses."… Continue reading
Sep 29 Ta-Nehisi Coates, Lin-Manuel Miranda win MacArthur fellowships By Corinne Segal Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates and Broadway composer-playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda join a puppeteer, a video artist, a community leader and many others as the new group of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellows. Continue reading