Brakkton Booker is a National Political Correspondent with POLITICO based in Washington D.C. He writes on the intersection of race, politics, culture and power. 

Prior to joining POLITICO he spent more than 17 years at NPR, serving in various roles including a National Desk reporter. He also covered both Senate impeachment trials of former President Donald Trump and has covered national elections dating back to 2012. Brakkton graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism, and got his first journalism gig as a CBS News desk assistant during the early days of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.