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.
The U.S. veto power, a relic of the post-WWII geopolitical order, allowed it to unilaterally block a ceasefire measure that had broad international support. While…
Diplomacy is dead, and we have killed it. This idea was recently alluded to by Nabeel A. Khoury from the Arab Center in Washington,…
On Sept. 19, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order, which took effect on Sept. 21, imposing a $100,000 fee on applicants to the…
In a recent episode of the “Ezra Klein Show,” Ezra Klein had on writer Ta-Nehisi Coates to talk about their differing responses to the assassination…
President Donald Trump has been intentionally avoiding judicial review. This was a fear held by many Democrats, but Republicans repeatedly said this fear was absurd and…
Donald Trump’s approval rating is falling sharply. The media figures that played such a key role in getting him elected are trying their best to distance…
As students in New York City, the mayoral race directly affects our lives, not just as students, but as residents of a city in constant transformation.…
On April 21, 2025, the British Ministry of Defense released an intelligence report stating that “The Russian education system is highly likely becoming increasingly politicised, militarised…
The private education movement has positioned school choice as a solution to rising political polarization and widening gaps in education outcomes, but privatizing education is set…
In the good old days, there used to be a finality about extinction. Back then, being the last of your kind meant something. Direwolves, white-furred wolves…