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.
“Political Wife.” That image conjures up a fairly classic figure. You picture the same thing I do, right? Knee-length, floral dress, toothy white smile. She stands beside her husband. Her…
A large part of Biden’s winning message in 2020 was of a shift away from Donald Trump’s unpredictable and often destructive behavior — a shift “back to normal.” Perhaps nowhere…
“Torture goes against everything we stand for as a nation, and we must never again resort to its use,” words spoken by the President of the United States in June…
It was the dawn of post-9/11 America. Wounds were fresh and Americans still angry, but the public did not look to President George W. Bush nor Vice President Dick Cheney…
In 1849, two enslaved people were stripped naked and photographed, their images to be published in a racist study meant to prove the validity of white supremacy. Their daguerreotypes were…
On October 23rd, a storm meteorologists are calling a “bomb cyclone” and “atmospheric river” caused flash flooding and landslides in parts of northern California previously scarred by months of summer…
In early 2018, two Harvard political scientists — Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt — published How Democracies Die. Stretching over three hundred pages, the book's central theme discusses how democratically…
Paris Fashion Week this year was a jungle full of shimmering dresses, massive gowns, 6-inch heels, and an unanticipated trend: headcoverings. With hooded dresses featured in Balmain’s runway, silk scarves…
For nearly a century, football (or as Americans call it, soccer) has been the most popular sport in the world. It is enjoyed everywhere, from Argentina to Russia to Canada…
“Taliban flags in hand, a crowd celebrates the US army's departure from Afghanistan. Photo taken in Kandahar on August 31, 2021. © Twitter” In late August of 2021, Afghanistan was…