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Alex Shephard

Alex Shephard is senior editor of The New Republic, where he has covered politics and culture since 2015. His work has also appeared in New York, GQ, The Atlantic, The Nation, and other publications.  

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November 6, 2024
Alex Shephard
How the Democrats Lost the Election
For nearly a decade, Democrats have tried to convince voters that Donald Trump is an existential threat to the country’s future. That effort has clearly failed.
November 5, 2024
Alex Shephard
Kamala Harris Pulled Off a Miracle
The fact that the election is a toss-up, rather than a Trump landslide, is a testament to the vice president’s political skills.
October 31, 2024
Alex Shephard
Move Over, JD Vance. Trump Has a New, Even Weirder Running Mate.
The Ohio senator still gives voters the creeps, but someone even more awkward and obnoxious has taken his place: Elon Musk.
October 28, 2024
Alex Shephard
It’s Not Just Trump We Have to Fear Anymore
Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden was a parade of foot soldiers in a hateful movement that has become even bigger than the man who founded it.
October 25, 2024
Alex Shephard
This Is What’s Missing From the Fascism Argument Against Trump
Yes, of course he’s a threat to American democracy. But voters need to know how it affects them.
October 17, 2024
Alex Shephard
Kamala Harris’s Momentum Is Gone
Harris had opportunities to break away from Trump. She squandered them.
October 10, 2024
Mark Krotov, Alex Shephard
Can The Nobel Prize Save Publishing From Itself?
The Swedish Academy's decision to award Korean novelist Han Kang is a minor victory in a world of consolidation.
October 9, 2024
Alex Shephard
Kamala Harris Is Making the Same Mistakes She Made in 2019
A close look at her failed primary campaign suggests Harris has evolved less than previously assumed. There’s still time for her to change, however—but it’s running out.
October 2, 2024
Alex Shephard
JD Vance’s “Disciplined” Performance Only Tells Half the Story
The Ohio senator is already being praised for his performance at Tuesday’s debate. But the vision he outlined for the future of the country was dark and authoritarian.
September 17, 2024
Alex Shephard
Trump Brought Chaos to American Politics. Now It’s Engulfing Him.
Trump has spent years stirring up and exploiting dark forces for political gain. Those forces are now out of control.
September 11, 2024
Alex Shephard
Harris Set the Traps, and Trump Dumbly Walked Right Into Them
The vice president didn’t have to be particularly clever to bait an impetuous brute like Trump. But it worked like a charm.
September 10, 2024
Alex Shephard
Kamala Harris Can’t Keep Running Like This
She’s been coasting on good vibes, but the honeymoon is over. Now she needs to lay out how her governing agenda differs from Biden’s—and Tuesday’s debate is the perfect place to do it.
September 8, 2024
Alex Shephard
Kamala Harris Is Imitating Biden’s Very Bad Media Strategy
Avoiding the press will only invite negative coverage—and it suggests that the people who ran Biden’s disastrous reelection campaign are still calling the shots.
September 5, 2024
Alex Shephard
Elon Musk Is an Anti-Harris Misinformation Machine—but a Laughable One
Yes, he’s gotten more than a billion views in pushing his MAGA propaganda. But it’s inept and ineffective.
August 29, 2024
MagazineAlex Shephard
The Democrats Are United. Now What?
The DNC was raucous and jubilant. Now Democrats have to find a way to ride their momentum to November.
August 23, 2024
Alex Shephard
At the DNC, the Democrats Are Finally Fighting
With Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket, Democrats have rediscovered their partisan edge.
August 21, 2024
Alex Shephard
Democrats Aren’t Really Talking About Democracy Anymore
In Chicago, they found a much stronger message—and a more savage indictment of Trump.
August 12, 2024
Alex Shephard
Trump’s J.D. Vance Pick Just Got Even Worse
The former president is slowing down. His highest-profile surrogate is a flop.
August 6, 2024
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump Has No Heir
Yes, Trump is just popular enough to win again this year. But no one has emerged yet to take the MAGA crown whenever he relinquishes it.
July 30, 2024
Alex Shephard
Read J.D. Vance’s Violent Foreword to Project 2025 Leader’s New Book
Trump’s running mate writes that “it’s time to circle the wagons and load the muskets.”

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