Assessing the Wreckage of Affirmative Action

The Ongoing Failure Of Affirmative Action

With 'The Affirmative Action Myth,' WSJ columnist Jason Riley has written another clear-eyed analysis of affirmative action policies.

The Education Exchange: Blacks Progressed More Rapidly Before Affirmative Action than Since

The Education Exchange · Ep. 393 – May 19, 2025 – Blacks Progressed More Rapidly Before Affirmative Action than Since Jason Riley, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Riley’s new book, The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don’t Need Racial Preferences to Succeed. Follow The Education Exchange on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or here …

Assessing the Wreckage of Affirmative Action

Without question, Jason Riley is one of the most prominent black journalists in the United States, rightly known for his weekly columns in the Wall Street Journal. On a consistent basis, he shrewdly dissects the nostrums of many authors, both black and white, who assert that the road to a successful future in race relations depends on implementing a steady stream of programs whose factual predicate is that systematic racism in the United States …