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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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February 12, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Democratic debate is an audiophile’s nightmare.
February 12, 2016
Alex Shephard
Bernie Sanders finds his “You’re likable enough, Hillary.”
February 12, 2016
Alex Shephard
The United States, Russia, and other world powers have agreed to a plan that could lead to a “cessation of hostilities” in Syria.
February 12, 2016
Alex Shephard
Will Hillary Clinton attack Bernie Sanders from the right or the left (or both, or not at all!) at tonight’s Democratic debate?
February 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
Marco Rubio will be eating soft foods for the foreseeable future.
February 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Oregon standoff is finally over.
February 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
You’ll never guess what Bruce Springsteen’s memoir is called.
February 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
Cliven Bundy finally got himself arrested for his 2014 standoff with the government.
February 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
Watch Bernie Sanders and Stephen Colbert eat peanuts, drink beer, and burn Bill O’Reilly.
February 10, 2016
Alex Shephard
John Kasich tried and failed to get on stage with the Grateful Dead in 1991.
February 10, 2016
Alex Shephard
Marco Rubio won Iowa by coming in third. What about Ted Cruz’s third-place New Hampshire victory?
February 10, 2016
Alex Shephard
This Warriors fast break is the basketball equivalent of an Italian Rennaissance
February 10, 2016
Alex Shephard
It was a three-man Republican race after Iowa. How many men is the race now?
February 10, 2016
Alex Shephard
Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary and he’s shooting baskets to celebrate.
February 10, 2016
Alex Shephard
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have won the New Hampshire primaries.
February 10, 2016
Alex Shephard
CNN has hit peak countdown clock.
February 9, 2016
Alex Shephard
This is the worst tweet.
February 9, 2016
Alex Shephard
Amazon’s terms and conditions have a “zombie clause.”
February 9, 2016
Alex Shephard
Look at this goofy Liverpool goal.
February 9, 2016
Alex Shephard
Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels are coming to TV.

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