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.
On September 25, 2022, Italy selected Giorgia Meloni as their new Prime Minister. Meloni leads the nationalist, far-right party, Brothers of Italy, founded in 2012. Despite her attempts to present…
Less than five percent of the world’s population protects over 80 percent of the earth’s biodiversity. They are the indigenous communities that safeguard forests, deserts, grasslands, and marine environments. Despite…
Since its establishment in 1976, Apple has only grown larger, integrating our means of communication, news, music streaming, and social media into its profit-making mechanism. According to the Wall Street…
On Monday, April 25, 2022, the executive board of Twitter agreed to sell its company to Billionaire Elon Musk for $54.20 a share for a total cost of roughly $44…
There is a weird paradox when it comes to Democratic mayors from major cities: while they enter office believing they are the next big thing in the party, they tend…
Former President Barack Obama’s signature accomplishment was the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA).The law currently provides healthcare coverage to roughly 31 million Americans and ensures that private health insurance companies…
Large-scale agricultural practices are not environmentally sound and haven’t been for a while. Monocropping, the practice of planting a single crop year after year on the same land, may have…
Who will defend those who defend the truth? The murder of journalists in Mexico, deaths of media workers in Ukraine, and the persecution of the free press in Russia all…
As history suggests that Republicans will pick up the seats they need to regain control of the House of Representatives this November, the actions of the minority party are becoming…
Since the 1990s, when large-scale Hispanic immigration began to gain recognition as a growing political group in America, the Republican/Grand Old Party (GOP) have been labelled as on a steep…