Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., Jamelle Bouie is a columnist for the New York Times and a political analyst for CBS News. He covers history and politics. Prior to the Times, Bouie was chief political correspondent for Slate magazine. And before that, he was a staff writer at The Daily Beast and held fellowships at The American Prospect and The Nation magazine. He attended the University of Virginia, where he graduated with a degree in political and social thought, and government.