Columnist Andrea Williams writes for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee. She is the curator of the Black Tennessee Voices ...

Ta-Nehisi Coates is trying to apply an American paradigm to Israel. The history of oppression in the Holy Land is too complex ...

Anti-racist polemicist Ta-Nehisi Coates says he doesn’t know if he would have been “strong enough’’ to not join in the Oct. 7 ...

New York Times columnist and podcast host Ezra Klein spoke to author Ta-Nehisi Coates, who has sparked fierce debate in recent weeks with his new book of essays, “The Message.” Klein wrote a blurb to ...

CBS News is in disarray, facing multiple controversies irking everyone from former President Trump and his supporters 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 ...

Coates has said in interviews that “The Message” is a book about writing, but almost all of its coverage has made it out to be about everything but writing. That is a shame, because Coates’s advice on ...

As Israel expands its attacks on Lebanon, acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks out. His new book, The Message, is partly inspired by his visit last year to Israel and the occupied West Bank, where ...

In a stark departure from its own corporate precedent and the usual circle-the-wagons approach of news divisions in crisis, ...

An internal email and Tony Dokoupil’s tough interview of author Ta-Nahesi Coates reveal the network’s institutional hostility ...

Ta-Nehisi Coates, the author of a controversial new book largely focused ... claiming people “remove all context when speaking about Israel-Palestine.” Coates’ new book, The Message, which includes a ...

CBS News strongly defended CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King on Thursday for her role in the now-infamous Sept. 30 interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates, saying her tipping off the author to certain ...