Examine news stories from a variety of widely published sources including newspapers, television news programs, magazines, websites, and others. Be selective about the sources you choose as there is a lot of drivel and trash floating around the internet.

For this assignment, you are to write a 500 word essay on the state of the United States today (by today I mean currently, as the country is during this moment in time). To write the paper, examine news stories from a variety of widely published sources including newspapers, television news programs, magazines, websites, and others. Be selective about the sources you choose as there is a lot of drivel and trash floating around the internet. Select sources by using the college electronic databases. Do not rely on a generic Google search to find your sources though you may certainly use Google Scholar for research.

When you write the paper you will have to narrow down your subject to a manageable topic: economy, education, government, politics, social issues, general welfare, technology, science, health, sports, entertainment, and current events are all possible topics, but do not try to include everything. the assignment is just too short for inclusion of a variety of topics.