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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 20, 2015
Alex Shephard
Where did Hillary Clinton go?
December 20, 2015
Alex Shephard
Is ISIS using Donald Trump to recruit?
December 20, 2015
Alex Shephard
Martin O’Malley is pitching himself as the anti-Islamophobia candidate.
December 20, 2015
Alex Shephard
Will Bernie Sanders come out swinging on foreign policy?
December 18, 2015
Alex Shephard
Politicians are trying to co-opt Star Wars and the results are super lame.
December 18, 2015
Alex Shephard
Bruce Springsteen is still dining out on the fact that he wrote “Hungry Heart” for The Ramones.
December 18, 2015
Alex Shephard
How much money is Star Wars going to make this weekend?
December 17, 2015
Alex Shephard
So what don’t people like about the new Star Wars movie?
December 17, 2015
Alex Shephard
Pharmaceutical price gouger Martin Shkreli has been arrested for fraud. (But not for price gouging. Or for the Wu Tang thing.)
December 16, 2015
Alex Shephard
Let’s celebrate Jane Austen’s birthday by remembering the worst thing her name has ever been attached to.
December 16, 2015
Alex Shephard
Morrissey is unsurprisingly super grumpy about winning the Bad Sex in Fiction award, even though he totally deserved it.
December 16, 2015
Alex Shephard
Pusha T calls out Fox News, Don Lemon in “Sunshine.”
December 16, 2015
Alex Shephard
Everything is going to be about Star Wars until at least Christmas. Or maybe the New Year. Or maybe forever.
December 16, 2015
Alex Shephard
Ben Carson is having another weird debate night.
December 16, 2015
Alex Shephard
Civilian casualties in the fight against ISIS? Trump, Cruz, and Carson respond with ambivalence—at best.
December 16, 2015
Alex Shephard
The Republican candidates are united on at least one front: You should be afraid.
December 15, 2015
Alex Shephard
Watch Killer Mike interview Bernie Sanders in Mike’s Atlanta barbershop.
December 15, 2015
Alex Shephard
Tom Brady still <3s Donald Trump.
December 15, 2015
Alex Shephard
Like everyone else, reporters at Nevada’s largest newspaper would like to know who just bought Nevada’s largest newspaper for $140 million.
December 14, 2015
Alex Shephard
Marco Rubio got an $800,000 advance for his book. Did his donors pay its ghostwriter?

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