The country in which reparations actually happen is a very different one than the one we live in. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes country happen live
My dad always associated information with liberation. He was very much in that Malcolm X tradition. Ta-Nehisi Coates dadinformationliberation Change image and share on social
I do understand how hate eats at the soul and how to purge yourself of hate. Ta-Nehisi Coates eathatepurge Change image and share on social
One of the things we tell ourselves as African-Americans is if we work hard, play by the rules, we do start back a little ways, but if we can be twice as good, somehow we can escape history and heritage and legacy. Ta-Nehisi Coates africanamericanback share on social
Having a Congress with a more diverse educational and professional background would serve the country well. And given the budget challenges facing America today, we might benefit from a few more cold, calculating problem solvers, and fewer courtroom impresarios. John Sununu americabackgroundbenefit share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social
The historical novelist has to consider what has actually happened, while the SF writer is dealing in possibilities, but they are both in the business of imagining a world unlike our own and yet connected to it. Pamela Sargent businessconnectdeal share on social