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David Josef Volodzko

News editor and senior writer at FIRE, author of The Radicalist, words in New York Magazine, Foreign Policy, The Nation, The New Republic, Bloomberg, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Slate and Vice.

He Hunted al-Qaeda. Now He Hunts Neo-Nazis

Army vet Kristofer Goldsmith has taken out scores of extremists without ever firing a bullet. But he carries a shotgun just in case.

February 28, 2024

David Josef Volodzko

The Black Activist Trying to Save Oakland from ‘Phony’ Woke Progressives

Seneca Scott says his city and its leadership are broken. He has a plan to fix both.

October 30, 2023

David Josef Volodzko

My Family Was Hunted by Nazis. But I Was Fired For ‘Defending Hitler.’

David Volodzko criticized Lenin in ‘The Seattle Times.’ Now he is without a job. A story of profound intolerance in our country’s most “tolerant” city.

July 26, 2023

David Josef Volodzko

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