From WSJopinion: The black American worker has had a pretty good run in recent years, though you might not know it because the political left and its allies in the press prefer to accentuate black struggle, writes jasonrileywsj
“Upward Mobility” focuses on politics, public policy and urban affairs--schools, crime, unions, race relations, poverty, policing and the like.The goal is to let facts, rather than political correctness, show the way. It is published online every Tuesday evening and in print on Wednesdays.Jason Riley is an opinion columnist at The Wall Street Journal, where his column, Upward Mobility, has run since 2016.
Mr. Riley, a 2018 Bradley Prize recipient, is the author of four books: “Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders” ; “Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed” ; “False Black Power?” ; and “Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell” . Mr. Riley joined the paper in 1994 as a copy reader on the national news desk in New York. He moved to the editorial page in 1995, was named a 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.
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