Christopher Rufo is a writer, filmmaker, and senior fellow at Manhattan Institute.

He's directed four films for PBS, including his latest, America Lost, and is a contributing editor of City Journal, where he covers critical race theory, homelessness, addiction, crime, and other topics. His investigative reporting led to an executive order banning critical race theory from the federal government.

Rufo is a graduate of Georgetown University, former visiting fellow in domestic policy studies at the Heritage Foundation, and former Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute. He lives in the Seattle area with his wife and children.