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.
President Biden recently made history as the first sitting U.S. president to join a picket line during the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) historic strike in September.…
Muslims have long been second class citizens in America. This was made evident in the post-9/11 years, in the lead up to the Iraq War, and…
Last year, the National Football League (NFL) drew in 16.7 million cumulative viewers. The 2019 Cricket World Cup, the latest installment of cricket’s marquee event, drew…
In 2016, Americans used hashtags such as #politics, #maga, and #Trump to communicate in anticipation of the upcoming presidential election. They didn’t realize they were actually…
Every presidential election cycle, I get unreasonably excited to watch presidential debates. Something about the lack of coherence, the dodging of questions, and the overall contentious…
If the fiasco in the House of Representatives during the past two weeks has taught us anything, it is that no one wants to deal with…
For the politically informed, the classic conservative Republican agenda is pretty easy to summarize. From the middle of the 20th century when the modern conception of…
Sanitation and containerization are an easy policy area for New Yorkers to take for granted, but investing in it is crucial. Still, this seemingly simple policy…
The recent flooding from torrential rain exposed two uncomfortable facts to New Yorkers: the consequences of climate change are already here, and New York’s infrastructure is…
The 2006 Lebanon War, also referred to as the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War, was a conflict between Israel and Hezbollah on Lebanese soil. As a consequence of…