clearly state a position on that issue (what the government should do or not do); and provide an explanation for your position that will persuade the readers to agree with you.

Write a Letter to the Editor
This assignment requires you effectively demonstrate core competencies of critical thinking, communication, social responsibility, and personal responsibility within the context of civic engagement in the U.S. political process. You must
Identify a current political issue that affects you and your community (Examples: Houseless crisis, barriers to voting, ).
Educate yourself about the issue by reading at least three articles from reputable news sources about the issue.
Draft a letter to the editor in which you
identify yourself;
identify the political issue about which you are concerned;
clearly state a position on that issue (what the government should do or not do); and
provide an explanation for your position that will persuade the readers to agree with you.
Your letter to the editor should be approximately 400-500 words in length. While that is short, the challenge is to use each word/sentence as effectively as possible. You can embed links to your sources to provide credibility. You should avoid “fluff” such as “Our great country was founded on …” or “For decades the issue of XX has been debated in this country …” Identify yourself, identify the issue you are addressing, identify the position you are taking, and then explain why others should agree with you.
Whether you embed links or not, please insert a page break at the end of your letter and, on a new page, provide accurate citations to the sources you read.
Check the letters-to-the-editor for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for examples of what a letter-to-the-editor should look like: https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/ (Links to an external site.)
The following links provide details on submissions to some possible media outlets:
Dallas Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/2018/12/02/tips-for-letters-to-the-editor-and-op-ed-submissions/ (Links to an external site.)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/submit-letter/ (Links to an external site.)
For more information about submitting an op-ed as well as links to many, many newspapers, visit The Op-Ed Project: https://www.theopedproject.org/submission-information
I already partially completed this assignment so please refer to my uploaded documents. Thank you!