Eli Clifton is cofounder and senior advisor at the Quincy Institute. An investigative journalist, he focuses on money in politics and U.S. foreign policy. He previously reported for the American Independent News Network, ThinkProgress, and Inter Press Service, and is coauthor of the Center for American Progress report “Fear Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America.” Clifton has been a fellow at The Nation Institute and Type Media Center. His work has appeared in or on PBS/Frontline’s Tehran Bureau, The Intercept, The Guardian, the South China Morning Post, Right Web, LobeLog, Salon, HuffPost, The Daily Beast, Slate, Gawker, and ForeignPolicy.com. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Bates College and a master’s degree in international political economy from the London School of Economics.