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Opinion Piece Directions:

This particular assignment is designed to improve your writing and critical thinking skills. In addition, the opinion piece provides you with the opportunity to conduct a critical analysis about an issue that is currently impacting our government through the lends of your particular group identity/identities (race, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or religious group, etc.). You are encouraged to take an intersectional approach to examining the issue, that is examining the issue from multiple intersections of your group identity (i.e. A queer Latinx first generation college student, African American women who is a business owner, A man of color who has a large amount of student loan debt, etc.) Possible topics can include: abortion, legalization of marijuana, voting rights, criminal justice reform, gun control, immigration reform, student loan debt, LGBTQIA rights, gentrification, etc. The aforementioned list is just a sample list of topics. You are free to choose a topic from the list provided or select another topic not mentioned here. Your opinion piece should be factual, speak from your prospective, discuss how the issue impacts you or the group(s) you identify with, and be a minimum of 3 pages, but no more than 5 pages. A minimum of 5 sources are required and they should be hyperlinked in the text of your opinion piece (a works cited page is not needed.)these are some sites:

Sites for Opinion Piece: The following sites can be used as examples of how to write and format your opinion piece and sources for your own opinion piece.

1. “Post-Racial Equality”: “Post-Racial Equality is a blog written by the professor that focuses on issues that political, social, and pop culture issues through the lens of race, ethnicity, and minority groups. Although not a very active blog, the posts are perfect examples of what your opinion pieces should look like.
2. Daily Kos: The Daily Kos was founded in May 2002 by Markos Moulitsas, a military veteran, to provide a place for him to voice his political opinions. It has grown into one of the most popular political websites online.
3. Instapundit: Instapundit is written by Glenn Reynolds, a law professor at the University of Tennessee and author.
4. The Huffington Post: The Huffington Post was founded by Arianna Huffington and includes sections about politics, media, business, entertainment, and living.
5. Think Progress: Think progress is a news and commentary outlet operated by the Center for American Progress — a progressive, public policy research, and advocacy organization.
6. MichelleMalkin: Michelle Malkin is a writer, political conservative, and Fox News Channel, contributor.
7. Wonkette: Wonkette provides a compilation of commentary and gossip from the world of U.S. politics and Washington, D.C. It has a snarkier tone than many other popular political blogs.
8. The Gateway Pundit: One of the most popular conservative websites, it was founded in 2004 by Jim Hoft.
9. Talking Points Memo: A popular blog with a liberal perspective, TPM seeks to analyze issues and offer reasoned takes on topics while eschewing top-of-the-lungs pontificating that is popular on other blogs.
10. Real Clear Politics: A nonpartisan news and commentary website, its content spans the gamut of the political spectrum and covers beyond the just Washington, D.C., politics.
11. Mother Jones: An independent news and politics website, it covers a range of topics and features investigative reporting on a range of topics. On the political spectrum, its politics page skews more liberal than conservative.
12. The National Review: A venerable conservative news and political site that grew out of the magazine publication founded by William F. Buckley, Jr., in 1955, the National Review’s conservative viewpoint is often more statesman-like than many of its younger firebrand contemporaries.
13. Politico: A news and opinion site focused on all things political, Politico straddles the red and blue line of U.S. politics. It has alternately been accused of having a “Republican tilt” and a “liberal bias,” which means it’s likely right in the center of the political spectrum.