Black Mayors in the Four Biggest Cities. Is That a ‘Big Deal’?
Jason Riley is opinion columnist at The Wall Street Journal, where his Upward Mobility column has run since 2016. He is also a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and provides television commentary to many different news agencies.
Mr. Riley, recipient of the Bradley Prize in 2018, is the author of four books: “Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders” (2008); “Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed” (2014); “False black power?” (2017); and “Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell” (2021).
Mr. Riley joined the newspaper in 1994 as a copy reader on the national news desk in New York. He switched to editorial page in 1995, was appointed senior editorial page writer in 2000, and became a member of the Editorial Board in 2005. He joined the Manhattan Institute in 2015.
Born in Buffalo, New York, Mr. Riley earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
He has also worked for USA Today and Buffalo News.
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