Skip Navigation
Author

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.  

All Articles
September 18, 2017
Alex Shephard
As a country, we need to ostracize and shame Sean Spicer.
September 18, 2017
MagazineAlex Shephard
Art of the Steal
How Trump boosted his book sales and gamed the New York Times best-seller list.
September 15, 2017
Alex Shephard
The downside of Trump making deals with the Democrats: extra racism.
September 15, 2017
Alex Shephard
Americans Didn’t Ruin the Man Booker Prize. Book Publishers Did.
If the prize has become indistinguishable from every other book prize, it’s because the industry has become increasingly homogenous.
September 14, 2017
Alex Shephard
Chuck Schumer is getting overconfident.
September 14, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump has no choice but to get out of his own DACA trap.
September 13, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is like the opposite of teflon.
September 12, 2017
Alex Shephard
One Last Tour of Hillaryland
At a book signing in New York City, Hillary Clinton staged an event that was a throwback to 2016.
September 12, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Increasingly Isolated World of Conservative Media
Regnery's decision to shun The New York Times bestsellers list shows just how little conservative publishers need their mainstream counterparts.
September 8, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Trump Pivot™ will never die.
September 7, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump’s deal with Chuck and Nancy didn’t throw Republicans under the bus.
September 6, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump’s Repeal of DACA Is the GOP’s Pathology in a Nutshell
An entire country is being held hostage by a thin slice of the Republican electorate, and they answer to no one.
September 5, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s DACA plan is a craven and shameless attempt to evade responsibility.
September 5, 2017
Alex Shephard
Do You Miss Obama Yet?
Two books by former Obama staffers are a reminder of what it’s like to have a sane administration.
September 2, 2017
Alex Shephard
Will the Fantasy of a Unity Ticket Just Die Already?
The prospect of a John Kasich-John Hickenlooper run appeals to journalists and donors and virtually no one else.
September 1, 2017
Alex Shephard
Congressional Republicans are caught in a DACA trap.
September 1, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump just contradicted his rationale for firing James Comey.
August 31, 2017
Alex Shephard
Jared Kushner has a $600 million incentive to use his White House position to make money.
August 31, 2017
Alex Shephard
Is Big Tech Breaking Up With the Left?
Google's reported involvement in New America's decision to end an antimonopoly program points to a larger schism in the Democratic Party.
August 30, 2017
Alex Shephard
Republicans think now might be a good time to divert $1 billion from disaster funding to help build The Wall.

Our Writers

Kate AronoffClimate & Energy
Matt FordLaw & The Courts
Melissa Gira GrantLGBTQ Rights
Jason LinkinsPower & Plutocracy
Timothy NoahPolitics & Economy
Ellie Quinlan HoughtalingBreaking News
Edith OlmstedBreaking News
Hafiz RashidBreaking News
Greg SargentPolitics & Democracy
Grace SegersCongress & Elections
Alex ShephardPolitics & Media
Heather Souvaine HornClimate Change
Michael TomaskyPolitics & Ideas
About The New Republic’s history