What are the three main issues that have historically affected political discussion (e.g. education, housing, transit, race etc)? Defend your assessment with content from your sources.

Brief description of the city and its political system (population, demographics, key institutions, history)
Overall description of the citys political environment, key debates shaping historical and modern
governance, trends affecting political culture and identification of issues affecting future development.
o Is the citys political environment contentious? Why or why not?
o What are the three main issues that have historically affected political discussion (e.g. education,
housing, transit, race etc)? Defend your assessment with content from your sources.
o In your opinion, how, if at all, do the issues of race, gender, class, and ethnicity play a role in the
citys politics?
o What urban theories does the political history, culture and environment of the city reflect?
Provide examples to support your analysis.
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You will be graded based on the following
Punctuation, grammar, formatting
Answering each question completely
Choosing a comprehensive, well-developed set of articles/news stories
Using APA Citation style
Integrating the articles with the course readings and your personal analysis. An A paper will effectively
utilize the articles to support the topics (theories, issues of class and race, definition of community) we have
discussed in class with your personal assessment of the medias coverage. Simply providing basic
information from the sources is not an A paper