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.
Trump’s tariffs are expected to cost the average U.S. household $4,900 per year, weaken the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies, and threaten a recession that…
Following Germany’s snap elections in February, the nation’s lower house, the Bundestag, saw a massive change in representation. Among the greatest victors were the far-right Alternative…
On April 9, 2025, the Estonian government enacted a statute compelling all religious entities to dissociate from foreign institutions that propagate violence or hatred with a…
At the Woodstock Festival in 1969, social activist Abbie Hoffman delivered a speech condemning the injustice in drug laws in the United States during the Who’s…
The country is in bad shape right now, and we know whose fault it is. However, blame cannot solely be levied on the Trump administration. There…
The White House on April 15 proposed slashing American funding for United Nations peacekeeping missions due to operational failures in Mali, Lebanon, and the Democratic Republic…
As artificial intelligence systems generate increasingly convincing content and identities online, the internet is becoming saturated with all things fake: fake users, fake videos, fake engagement.…
When a government starts to freeze education funding, it’s not just cutting dollars — it’s cutting its citizens' futures. On Friday, March 28, the Supreme Court…
For Trump, a man who has been involved in over 4000 lawsuits to date, a legal system that works in his favor is a dream. In…
Democrats across the country could be forgiven if, for a moment, they felt a tremor of déjà vu. A cheesehead hat does not distract from the…