New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

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New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

An illustration of a boy looking into an oven. In the oven is a cake shaped like New York State with alternating blue and red patterns to represent the political party that is in the majority in each electoral district.

Opinion: New York could be facing a redder future

Redistricting failed to favor democrats, and a new congressional map threatens to break years of cemented Democratic stronghold in New York state.
Blake Salesin, Staff Writer October 25, 2022

New York is historically a blue state. It’s often considered one of the most liberal places in the country, and it hasn’t voted Republican in a presidential election since...

Bloomberg Is Everything Wrong With Money in Politics

Bloomberg Is Everything Wrong With Money in Politics

A race between Trump and Bloomberg would be a disastrous hit to democracy and a symbolic shift toward an American oligarchy.
Emily Dai, Deputy Opinion Editor February 25, 2020

American elections are devolving into a tournament of oligarchs. The President of the United States is a billionaire businessman from Manhattan, and a current Democratic presidential...

How Framing Directs the Democratic Debates

How Framing Directs the Democratic Debates

By turning Democratic policy into Republican talking points, debate moderators make the events about themselves and their potential profit rather than about the candidates.
Scott Oatkin, Staff Writer September 18, 2019

The Democratic debates have come and gone, and once more they have utterly failed to create the comprehensible and substantive discussion that voters long for. The candidates themselves...

Staff Writer Emily Fagel interviews a different student at NYUDC in her weekly NYUDC Political Portraits column. This week features NYUSH senior Haider Ali, who is studying political science.

NYUDC Political Portraits: Lizbeth Pantoja

Emily Fagel, Staff Writer September 21, 2017
As a part of a her new series, Emily Fagel profiles one of the students studying at NYU's campus in D.C., focusing on diversity in political beliefs.

Youth Political Influence Is an Uphill Battle

Natasha Roy, News Editor February 9, 2017
Members of different political clubs at NYU weighed in on young people's influence in their respective parties.