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Alex Shephard

Alex Shephard is a staff writer at 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 10, 2017
What Just Happened?! A Review of President Trump’s Third Week.
This week was pretty bad. But next week will be worse.
February 3, 2017
What Just Happened?! A Review of President Trump’s Second Week.
This week was pretty bad. But next week will be worse.
January 27, 2017
What Just Happened?! A Review of President Trump’s First Week.
This week was pretty bad. But next week will be worse.
January 25, 2017
Book Publishing Is Not a Good Champion of Free Speech
The uproar over Milo Yiannopolous’s book exposes the tensions between the industry’s purported ideals and the profit motive.
January 18, 2017
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 13, 2017
Is the Trump-Russia Scandal the New Benghazi?
If no smoking gun is produced, the Democrats could be chasing a controversy at the cost of building a better case against Trump.
December 30, 2016
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 19, 2016
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What Happens to Media Matters in a Post-Hillary World?
The media watchdog was Clinton's biggest defender this election season. Now it's seeking a new identity.
December 9, 2016
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The Year in Things We Already Forgot
A guide to the incidents that fleetingly transfixed us in 2016.
December 6, 2016
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Trump’s Political Lesson: Humiliate, or Be Humiliated
Humiliation was the driving force of a presidential election in which the rules of decorum were laid to waste.
December 1, 2016
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“There’s No Check on Trump Except Reality”: A Q&A With Wayne Barrett
The veteran New York journalist dishes on Trump, Giuliani, and more.
November 22, 2016
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The Democrats’ Biggest Disaster
Forget Washington—the party is weaker at the state level than it’s been in nearly a century.
November 18, 2016
Magazine
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 17, 2016
Are Democrats Over-Learning the Lessons of Trump’s Victory?
The new conventional wisdom is that Democrats need to woo white working class voters who have been hurt by globalization. Not so fast, some say.
November 8, 2016
The 2016 Race Will Never End
The election will technically come to a close tomorrow. But the dynamics that propelled Trump to the brink of the Oval Office will live on.
November 5, 2016
Larry Wilmore Wants to Talk About the Election
In an interview, the former host of "The Nightly Show" discusses "Insecure," Donna Brazile, and, of course, Donald Trump.
October 28, 2016
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How Neera Tanden Works
Emails released by WikiLeaks reveal the maneuverings of a liberal think-tank president and member of Hillary Clinton's inner circle.
October 21, 2016
Magazine
The UFC’s Dirtiest Move Yet: Union Bashing
Can the league's fighters win the same rights as other professional athletes?
October 20, 2016
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Will 2016 Mark the Return of the Blue Dog Democrat?
Jason Kander's Senate campaign in Missouri hearkens back to the Democratic Party's recent past.
October 13, 2016
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Bob Dylan Won the Nobel Prize in Literature?! A Conversation.

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