Perry Bacon Jr.

Jeff and Cal Leonard Fellow

As a New America Fellow, Perry Bacon, Jr. explores the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in the American South. He is currently a political editor for NBC’s theGrio.com and an on-air political analyst for MSNBC. Previously, Bacon was a White House and congressional correspondent for The Washington Post. He has also been a national political correspondent at TIME Magazine. He is a graduate of Yale University..

Expertise:

U.S. Government & Politics
Health Care
Social Policy
U.S. Public Opinion
Elections
Affordable Care Act

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Featured Publications

Publications

article | February 05, 2015

Why Now is the Time to Talk About Race in America

Perry Bacon, Jr.

This piece is part of “From Moment to Movement,” a conversation and essay series on race and policy in America in collaboration with Howard Univers...
article | October 23, 2014

Why We Need a New York Times In Every State

Perry Bacon Jr.

We are in the midst of a journalism revival. Startups like Business Insider, Vox, Vice and FiveThirtyEight are reimagining not just newsgathering, ...
in the news | October 07, 2014 | Fellows

Decision 2014: A Campaign About Nothing?

Perry Bacon Jr.

Despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent by both Democrats and Republicans to win control of Congress and gubernatorial seats, many of the big...