Legislative issue: police brutality
Students in this course are expected to peruse at least one print and/or online newspaper on a weekly basis in order to become familiar with current debates about current social welfare policy legislation (existing or proposed). In addition, students should make a note when legislative issues related to social policy are mentioned or discussed in other media, such as television programs (news and entertainment), web sources, and social media. For this assignment, you will choose one high profile legislative issue and pay particular attention to how this issue is being discussed and debated in the media you are regularly exposed to. Keep track of any article or clip that you come across related to this issue (you should have at least 10 sources by the time this assignment is due) and, if possible, note the main point(s) or observations made by the commentator. By March 22nd, post ONE of these sources (file or link) on the course Blackboard site, along with a 3-4-page report summarizing what you have learned about the legislative issue. Include information about the proposed or contested legislation, your sources for that information, points for and against it, who benefits from and pays for it, and which interest groups are supporting and opposing it. Finally discuss whether or not you support the proposed legislation and why. You must select a specific piece of legislation to analyze, for example: Biden’s US Citizenship Act of 2021. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1177
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