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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 1, 2015
Alex Shephard
Van Morrison scat singing "Into the Mystic" is the worst song ever.
November 30, 2015
Alex Shephard
The only thing better than saying you’re like Ronald Reagan is changing your name to Ronald Reagan.
November 30, 2015
Alex Shephard
New Order bassist Peter Hook is suing three of his former bandmates for "pillaging" his royalties.
November 30, 2015
Alex Shephard
Booker Prize winner Marlon James: The publishing industry encourages "writers of color" to "pander to the white woman."
November 30, 2015
Alex Shephard
Hours after airballing a poem announcing his retirement, Kobe Bryant airballed a potential game-tying shot.
November 27, 2015
Alex Shephard
Reports: Police are responding to an active shooter at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood.
November 27, 2015
Alex Shephard
J.K. Rowling is sick and tired of you hating on Snape, so stop it.
November 27, 2015
Alex Shephard
Why did Rahm Emanuel wait a year to release the video of Laquan McDonald's death? It's "the Chicago Way."
November 27, 2015
Alex Shephard
The disabled reporter Donald Trump mocked says the two were on a "first-name basis for years."
November 25, 2015
Alex Shephard
You can buy a signed, gilded, velvet-lined edition of Go Set A Watchman for $1,500, if you're into that kind of thing.
November 25, 2015
Alex Shephard
The Warriors should go for 73. They could settle for 70, but they should definitely go for 73.
November 25, 2015
Alex Shephard
Jeff Bezos is having a moment.
November 25, 2015
Alex Shephard
The Chicago Police Department has released video of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald being shot 16 times at point-blank range.
November 24, 2015
Alex Shephard, Steven Cohen
Messi's back.
November 24, 2015
Alex Shephard
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are fighting about their rockets, which are definitely very impressive.
November 24, 2015
Alex Shephard
This is the first word of the new Star Wars movie.
November 24, 2015
Alex Shephard
Putin: "The loss we suffered today came from a stab in the back delivered by accomplices of the terrorists."
November 24, 2015
Alex Shephard
“Motion for leave to appeal denied.” Grand jury transcripts from the Eric Garner case will remain sealed.
November 23, 2015
Alex Shephard
H. Jon Benjamin, who does "not play piano at all" made a jazz piano album.
November 23, 2015
Alex Shephard
Jon Snow is alive, which we already knew, and he's bleeding out of his eye or something.

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