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.
Many say that New York University is one of the most liberal universities in the United States. Safely nestled in a traditionally blue state, New York City itself has been an active participant in many progressive movements, from women’s rights, to gay rights, to gun reform protests. As a result, NYU students enjoy the opportunity to be as politically involved as they want. NYU’s liberal leanings, however, are not monolithic.
It is often said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, which is why one of the greatest ironies of the 2020 presidential race thus far has been Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) wholesale embrace of President Donald Trump’s economic nationalism.
On Tuesday, October 1st, U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs ruled in favor of Harvard University in one of the most high-profile cases on affirmative action in recent years. Her decision put a halt to a legal battle that started in 2014. The leader of the advocacy group “Students for Fair Admissions” (SFFA) Edward Blum sued Harvard on the grounds that the university discriminated against Asian-American applicants in the admissions process.
Bill Weld at a Johnson-Weld Rally in 2016, photo courtesy of Vanity Fair As the impeachment process drags on, many are looking with increasing anxiety towards the outcome of the…
In their respective campaigns to beat President Donald Trump in the next election cycle, Democratic candidates have proposed disruptive legislative ideas as part of their campaign slogans addressing America’s out of control student-debt ($1.5 trillion), largest outstanding consumer debt other than mortgages.
There has been a lot of discussion recently regarding the market power of Big Tech companies and what can be done about it
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (D.R.C.) has been combatting an outbreak of the Ebola virus since August 2018.
Amber Guyger shot an unarmed 28-year-old black man, Botham Jean, on September 6th, 2018. What followed was outrage, confusion, and anguish. At the time, Guyger was a police officer with a track record of inappropriate and offensive text messages and online posts.
At three o’clock in the afternoon, on the last day of September, a whole country stood in silence. Jacques Chirac was the President of France from 1995 to 2007, and before that served as the Prime Minister of France, the Mayor of Paris, the Minister of the Interior, and in several other prominent political posts.
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College sports is a billion-dollar industry, with top schools like Texas A&M generating over $190 million in sports revenue, according to Business Insider.
