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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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July 15, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Self-Cancellation of Bari Weiss
Like much of her writing, the former New York Times editor’s resignation letter is long on accusation and thin on evidence.
July 14, 2020
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump Jr. Wages a Culture War on the Publishing Industry
He evidently believes that he can make more money self-publishing—especially if he portrays the move as a rebuke of liberal elites.
July 10, 2020
Alex Shephard
Mary Trump Diagnoses the President
A dark new family history from Donald Trump’s niece may be the most intimate psychological portrait of him yet.
July 8, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Problem With Yascha Mounk’s Persuasion
His new platform aims “to defend free speech and free inquiry against all its enemies.” But is it really just obsessed with cancel culture?
July 2, 2020
Alex Shephard
Trump’s Extraordinary Gift for Self-Sabotage
The president’s latest futile attempt to block a critical tell-all book proves that he was never the political genius the media made him out to be.
July 1, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Viral Impotency of the Lincoln Project
Founded by anti-Trump Republicans, the new PAC is getting lots of attention. But is it achieving anything?
June 30, 2020
Alex Shephard
Uighur Lives Matter
Corporations are bending to popular will over racism and police violence in the U.S. But do they care about China’s ethnic cleansing of Muslims?
June 12, 2020
Alex Shephard
Book Publishing’s Next Battle: Conservative Authors
The industry is facing demands to live up to its stated values. That might mean ditching writers like Donald Trump Jr.
June 10, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Real Snowflakes on the Op-Ed Page
Why are critics of cancel culture so scared of criticism?
June 10, 2020
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Oligarch of the Month: Jeff Bezos
June 5, 2020
Alex Shephard
Rethinking the Press’s Relationship With Police
For too long, media outlets have treated cops with credulity and protesters with skepticism. That’s all changing.
June 2, 2020
Alex Shephard
Bill de Blasio Has Failed
Like the president, New York City’s mayor has shrunk from sight amid anti-police protests.
May 29, 2020
Alex Shephard
Mark Zuckerberg Comes to Trump’s Defense
Casting himself as a free speech warrior, the Facebook CEO reveals his company’s increasingly rightward bent.
May 27, 2020
Alex Shephard
Twitter Can’t Rein In Donald Trump
Fact-checking the president—or even deleting his tweets—is a futile exercise.
May 25, 2020
Alex Shephard
Is Email the Future of Journalism?
With the industry in free fall, new models are emerging.
May 19, 2020
Alex Shephard
The End of The Trip
The fourth and final installment of the culinary travelogue takes the bromance to new heights.
May 15, 2020
Alex Shephard
Obamagate Is the Ultimate Republican Non-Scandal
Donald Trump says his predecessor committed the “greatest crime in American political history.” So why can’t he explain what it is?
May 13, 2020
Alex Shephard
Don’t Blame the Coronavirus for Quibi’s Failure
The blinkered logic of venture capital is written all over the new streaming service.
May 11, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Bittersweet Return of Sports
South Korean baseball and German soccer are reminders of how far we still are from normalcy.
May 5, 2020
Alex Shephard
Why Do Democrats Keep Embracing George W. Bush?
Holding Bush up as a paragon of civic virtue underscores the party’s failures to present a real alternative.

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