Past Speaker

Jason Riley

Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute & Wall Street Journal Columnist

Jason Riley is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a Wall Street Journal columnist, and a Fox News commentator. After joining the Journal in 1994, he became a senior editorial writer and member of the editorial board, writing on politics, economics, education, immigration, and race. Riley is the author of several books, including Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell and The Affirmative Action Myth, and narrated the documentary Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World. He received the Bradley Prize in 2018.