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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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January 18, 2018
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump will never give up on The Wall.
January 17, 2018
Alex Shephard
Facebook Unfriends the News
Why the social network is no longer eager to dominate the media industry
January 17, 2018
Alex Shephard
Republicans are this close to shooting themselves in the foot.
January 16, 2018
Alex Shephard
Is Trump walking away from DACA negotiations?
January 12, 2018
Alex Shephard
Instead of criticizing Donald Trump for “s—hole”-gate, Republicans are covering for him.
January 12, 2018
Alex Shephard
The problem with Trump’s “s—hole” remark isn’t the profanity.
January 12, 2018
Alex Shephard
Are Conservatives Trustbusters Now?
How the James Damore case catalyzed a backlash against Google and Silicon Valley from the right
January 11, 2018
Alex Shephard
Trump’s embarrassing FISA tweets show that Republicans are simply ignoring him.
January 10, 2018
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump, Davos Man
Why a supposed economic populist will fit right in at the annual conference for the ultra-elite
January 10, 2018
Alex Shephard
Now that Steve Bannon is gone, is Stephen Miller calling the shots?
January 9, 2018
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s push to build the Wall is getting desperate.
January 9, 2018
Alex Shephard
How Fire and Fury Took the Publishing World by Surprise
Thanks to missteps by Henry Holt, customers have struggled to get their hands on one of the biggest nonfiction sensations in years.
January 8, 2018
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s legal team really doesn’t want him to talk to Robert Mueller.
January 5, 2018
Alex Shephard
The obstruction case against Donald Trump keeps growing.
January 4, 2018
Alex Shephard
The voter fraud bogeyman isn’t going anywhere.
January 4, 2018
Alex Shephard
Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury Is a Gift to Donald Trump
How the gossipy tell-all of the White House's first year feeds the president's narrative about a reckless, dishonest news media
December 29, 2017
Alex Shephard
Marco Rubio criticizes the tax bill he just voted for.
December 29, 2017
Alex Shephard
Why do political pundits still believe we haven’t seen the real Trump?
December 29, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Myth of Big Tech’s Comeuppance
Facebook, Google, and Twitter are under bipartisan pressure in Washington, but that doesn't mean they'll be reined in next year.
December 28, 2017
Alex Shephard
Silicon Valley Won’t Save Books
The Amazon Kindle didn’t change books ten years ago, and it won't change them in the next ten years, either.

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