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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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February 27, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump used to be a better Oscar recapper.
February 27, 2017
Alex Shephard
A wild finish saved the Oscars from being almost completely forgettable.
February 27, 2017
Alex Shephard
Jimmy Kimmel is the wrong Oscar host for this moment.
February 22, 2017
MagazineAlex Shephard
The D.C. Think Tank Behind Donald Trump
How the Heritage Foundation is shaping the president's playbook.
February 8, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump probably isn’t too happy with Neil Gorsuch right now.
February 6, 2017
Alex Shephard
It looks like Mike Pence and millions in campaign contributions are going to save Betsy DeVos.
February 3, 2017
Alex Shephard
Let’s not give Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner too much credit for killing an anti-LGBT executive order.
February 1, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump gave conservatives Gorsuch. Was it worth it?
January 27, 2017
Alex Shephard
Congressional Republicans want to keep doing Benghazi.
January 25, 2017
Alex Shephard
Whether or not torture “works” is beside the point. (Also, it doesn’t work.)
January 18, 2017
Alex Shephard
Why David Brock Will Never Be as Successful as the Koch Brothers
Say what you will about the Kochs—at least they believe in what they preach.
January 11, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s plan to avoid conflicts of interests only makes the problem worse.
January 3, 2017
Alex Shephard
Don’t give Donald Trump too much credit for keeping the House GOP in check.
December 30, 2016
Alex Shephard
What Happened to Rock Music?
The genre hasn’t been this irrelevant in decades, which was only underscored by a slew of memoirs by aging rock stars.
December 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
KFC is having a very good year.
December 20, 2016
Alex Shephard
Newt Gingrich’s fix for Trump’s ethics problem is to create a giant ethics problem.
December 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
Is Mike Allen a journalist?
November 21, 2016
Alex Shephard
Trump is running his transition like it’s a game show.
November 18, 2016
MagazineAlex Shephard
Forget Mars. Let’s Go Back to the Moon.
NASA wants to send humans to Mars by the 2030s. Neal Lane, Bill Clinton’s science adviser, says we should be looking at a closer goal.
November 10, 2016
Alex Shephard
Blame James Comey.

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