Students will find a current (within the last 3 months) controversial issue in A

Students will find a current (within the last 3 months) controversial issue in American national politics or California politics. The paper will describe the issue, discuss both/all sides of the issues, and provide the student’s position on the issue. The paper should be written as an unbiased report, think of me as an elected official and I need to come up with a position on the issue. I assign you to research and develop a position on the issue. You will want to make sure that I know the opposing sides’ best arguments so I can defend the position taken in the paper. Three outside sources are required for this assignment, course materials, encyclopedias and dictionaries do not count as sources.
Topics that are excluded for this course: Gun control, Abortion, Climate Change, Homelessness, and the War in Israel. Crimes even those dealing with the former President or the current President and his family, natural disasters, and discrimination are not good topics for this assignment.
Each paper MUST be a minimum of 1500 words and should not exceed 2500 words. All papers must be written in paragraph format, typed double spaced, with one inch margins, a 12 cpi times new roman font, using in-text citations, including page numbers, and a references page. Direct quotes should be kept to a minimum, on average a sentence or two or about four lines per page.
Paper Format and Expectations:
Section 1. The paper will thoroughly describe a contemporary controversial issue in American or California politics. The paper will describe the facts related to the issue along with why the issue is important. Topic selection is very important for this paper make sure that you pick a topic that you can make arguments on both sides and is current within the last 3 months. This section should be roughly 1 page in length.
Section 2. The paper will discuss both/all sides of the issue and describe the controversy surrounding the issue. The paper will utilize sources related to the issue in order to describe and discuss the controversial issue. State what both sides determine is the issue and the best arguments as to why that side is the correct outcome for the controversy. It is important to use the best arguments of both sides, do not leave out arguments that hurt the policy outcome you prefer. This section should be roughly 3 pages in length.
Section 3. Students must provide an opinion (pick a side) on the issue that is related to the arguments provided in the paper. Students should write this section as an argumentative paper arguing for your position. You must pick a side and defend that side, essentially arguing for your opinion. This section should be roughly 2 pages in length. Students should avoid personal experience or observation in the opinion section instead rely upon the arguments (sides) presented in the paper.
Sources:
Three sources are required for the papers. Sources should only be from the period covered by the paper. The best source for this type of paper is news and magazine articles. Here is a partial list of online sources from reputable news outlets: (Remember dictionaries or encyclopedia’s like Wikipedia do not count as a source)
ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, FOXN
NY Times, LA Times, Vox, Reuters, The Hill (Government)
Time, The Economist, Newsweek, U.S. News and world report
Citation and references:
Students should use in text citation and a legitimate and consistent format.