Month: December 2015

Ta-Nehisi Coates on race and mass incarceration

Photo credit: Adam Schwallie, Western Herald In my role at the Western Herald, I occasionally have the opportunity to meet amazing people who visit Western Michigan University. This semester, Ta-Nehisi Coates visited WMU, and I had the chance to speak with him prior to his speech. He was wonderful – very humble and down-to-earth, and …