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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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December 29, 2015
Alex Shephard
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble,” which must be why The Big Short opens with a fake Mark Twain quote.
December 28, 2015
Alex Shephard
2,000 teenagers probably did not riot in a Louisville mall on Saturday.
December 28, 2015
Alex Shephard
Forget adult coloring books, adult connect-the-dots books are going to be all the rage in 2016.
December 28, 2015
Alex Shephard
Ben Carson is good enough, strong enough, and gosh darnit he really is strong enough, stop calling him weak.
December 28, 2015
Alex Shephard
RIP Meadowlark Lemon, the “clown prince” of the Harlem Globetrotters and the Buster Keaton of basketball.
December 26, 2015
Alex Shephard
Barnes & Noble’s new strategy: Get people drunk.
December 25, 2015
Alex Shephard
Today’s NBA games, ranked.
December 23, 2015
Alex Shephard
Ted Cruz is exploiting a cartoon that made fun of him for exploiting his family to raise money.
December 23, 2015
Alex Shephard
The Beatles are coming to Spotify and Apple and even Tidal (but not Rdio because Rdio is dead).
December 22, 2015
Alex Shephard
A falling drone almost leveled championship skier Marcel Hirscher.
December 22, 2015
Alex Shephard
Richard Linklater’s new film looks like it should be called Brohood.
December 22, 2015
Alex Shephard
Report: The NFL just took away $16 million from CTE research.
December 22, 2015
Alex Shephard
Here are the most notable Donald Trump quotes of the past 15 hours (or so).
December 22, 2015
Alex Shephard
No one will be indicted in the death of Sandra Bland.
December 21, 2015
Alex Shephard
Three of Atlanta’s best rappers just filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court.
December 21, 2015
Alex Shephard
CBGB is back! But at the Newark Airport. And selling $14 cheeseburgers.
December 21, 2015
Alex Shephard
The Force Awakens obliterated all of the box office records it was supposed to obliterate.
December 21, 2015
Alex Shephard
Amazon Dominated Nearly Everything This Year
With $100 billion in revenue in sight, Amazon’s terrifying logistical takeover of the world may soon be complete.
December 21, 2015
Alex Shephard
FIFA has banned Sepp Blatter from soccer for eight years.
December 20, 2015
Alex Shephard
Hillary Clinton is doing her best to avoid taking responsibility for Libya.

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