CURRENT EVENT – TOTALITARIAN RESTRICTIONS OR ETHNIC CONFLICT

Instructions

Write a paper on a current event article (not more than one-month-old article) from a reputable news source such as The New York Times or The Washington Post, that discusses restrictions on freedoms by a totalitarian state or an article on ethnic conflict within a nation.

● Summarize the article describing all the main points in the article.

● Explain why this issue is important to the global community.

● What/ How outside influences might help change this issue (provide a detailed account of how outside forces could change the issue)?

● Is the article neutral? Why or why not? (Accurately evaluate the creditability of the source).

● Be sure to include a scanned copy or hyperlink of the article in your submission in addition to citations.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

· Length: 3 full pages (not including the title or references page)

· 1-inch margins

· Double-Spaced

· 12-point Times New Roman font

· Title and References page required

· In-text citations and references to support your points

· APA cite article with a hyperlink