Welcome to the Zeitgeist, the NYU Politics Society’s undergraduate opinion publication dedicated to providing a platform for students to learn about and engage with politics and current events.
In mid-February, Hulu released an anthology series called Love Story. The first season of the show dramatizes the relationship between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn…
Can JD Vance reshape MAGA? His recent actions appear to represent a broader ideological shift in how parts of the U.S. understand democracy, aligning more with…
The new mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, recently gave his 100-day-in-office speech, letting New Yorkers know what he’s gotten done and how much more…
On March 25, 2026, over 160 years since racialized chattel slavery was mostly abolished globally, the UN General Assembly, spearheaded and backed by Ghana, passed a…
Over the past year, Americans watched the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security detain lawful residents, harass individuals based on their ethnicity, and kill two innocent…
Trump pledged a quick end to the Iran war, but the reality is far more unstable. On Feb. 28, 2026, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader…
In a perfect world, a pollutant does no harm, and federal agencies preemptively save the day. Unfortunately, for the American government, our world is far…
The government is shut down. ICE is being deployed to cities. The Epstein Files. The economy is in recession. War with Iran. It can be…
On March 31, 2026, the Daily Mail published a story titled “Secret double life of Kristi Noem's cross-dressing husband Bryon: The pouting 'busty bimbo' photos…
A gubernatorial debate set to be hosted on Tuesday, March 24, by the University of Southern California was canceled less than 24 hours beforehand over…