write one short op-ed type articles on current issue topics. These should be about 700-800 words each or about 1 pages single-spaced. The idea is to clearly and succinctly write an advocacy or descriptive article on one current state or local government issues over the next seven weeks. Presume that you are writing for the Boston Globe, the New York Times, or your local regional newspaper on the Op-Ed page or a 1 page testimony at a public hearing before a state legislative committee hearing on a bill and you have to make the arguments for or against a specific bill/issue.