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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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November 21, 2018
Alex Shephard
Can a Republican Lose in Mississippi?
When the Republican in question is Cindy "Public Hanging" Hyde-Smith, the answer is: maybe?
November 20, 2018
Alex Shephard
The Truth Behind the Toothless Rebellion Against Nancy Pelosi
Conservative Democrats once threw their weight around in the House. Now they're reduced to howling from the sidelines.
November 16, 2018
Alex Shephard
The Punctured Myth of Sheryl Sandberg
The "Lean In" author and Facebook executive is just another corporate warrior.
November 15, 2018
Alex Shephard
Facebook Betrayed America
Mark Zuckerberg promised Congress he would combat the spread of conspiracy theories—while his company was doing the opposite.
November 14, 2018
Alex Shephard
Is the Freedom Caucus dead, or is it just the Republican Party now?
November 14, 2018
Alex Shephard
Don’t Blow This, Democrats
Impeaching President Trump will only help the Republican Party.
November 12, 2018
Alex Shephard
Amazon Scammed America’s Hurting Cities
Their new headquarters was never destined for anywhere but the country's most prosperous metropolitan areas.
November 8, 2018
Alex Shephard
Mitt Romney Is the New Jeff Flake
The incoming Republican senator from Utah has been critical of Trump in the past. Will that change once he gets to Washington?
November 7, 2018
Alex Shephard
For the first time in a century, there is only one divided state legislature in America.
November 7, 2018
Alex Shephard
It Was a Big, Beautiful Blue Wave
Forget the Senate. Tuesday's midterm elections were still a major rebuke of Trump and the Republican Party.
November 7, 2018
Alex Shephard
The Democrats retake the House, prepare to demand Trump’s tax returns.
November 7, 2018
Alex Shephard
The Democrats’ hopes of winning the Senate are just about dead.
November 7, 2018
Alex Shephard
Democratic Senator Robert Menendez survives in New Jersey despite the taint of corruption.
November 6, 2018
Alex Shephard
Fox News is officially Trump TV.
November 6, 2018
Alex Shephard
A Hopeless Election
No matter the outcome on Tuesday, American politics will only get worse.
November 5, 2018
Alex Shephard
Paul Ryan Wrote His Own Obituary, and It’s Delusional
The House speaker's plea to midterm voters is a perfect summation of a fraudulent political career.
November 2, 2018
Alex Shephard
Axios is a distillation of political journalism’s worst instincts.
November 2, 2018
Alex Shephard
Florida’s Referendum on Trump-Era Racism
The hostile race between Andrew Gillum and Ron DeSantis is the future of American politics.
October 30, 2018
Alex Shephard
The Two Kinds of American Carnage
Trump manufactures crises to promote himself, but shrinks when faced with the real thing.
October 25, 2018
Alex Shephard
Trump’s Extreme (and Extremely Boring) U.S. Tour
The president is trying to rekindle the magic of 2016 by hitting the same familiar notes, but America is tuning him out.

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