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John Rigolizzo

Development Writer & Editor

“Thou shalt not follow the multitude to do evil: neither shalt thou yield in judgment, to the opinion of the most part, to stray from the truth.”

- Exodus 23:2

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John Rigolizzo is from Berlin, New Jersey and serves as Development Writer & Editor for AFPI. Before joining AFPI, he worked as an editor at Campus Reform, where he specialized in analysis pieces on hot-button issues in higher education from a conservative angle. He also worked as a freelance contributor for The Daily Wire, where he published nearly 1,000 articles from 2021-2023. John was a 2022 Publius Fellow at the Claremont Institute. He graduated from Rutgers University with degrees in English and History. When he’s not writing for business or for pleasure, he is a competitive powerlifter and co-hosts the Heavyweights podcast with two of his Claremont fellows.

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