Matthew Wolfe
New America Fellow, 2024
Matthew Wolfe’s reporting has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and The New Republic. He has a PhD in sociology from New York University, where he is currently a fellow at the Institute for Public Knowledge. His first book, Fires In the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage, was published in June 2026.
This bio reflects the fellow’s work and affiliations as of the completion of their fellowship project.
Selected Work
- The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground: A story for The New York Times Magazine about the rise and fall of the Earth Liberation Front, a group of environmental activists based in the Pacific Northwest.
- Without a Trace: A piece for Harper’s Magazine about an Afghan man searching across three countries for his younger brother who disappeared while trying to emigrate to Europe
- The Last Unknown Man: A story for The New Republic about the decade-long effort to identify a retrograde amnesiac discovered naked and unconscious behind a Burger King restaurant in Georgia.
Fellowships
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