How to write a summary of a political article from a editited edittion or a magazine?

Question

The article should be about 20 pages and the summary about 600 words. The topic of the article will most probably deal with a political issue! Please, advise!!Thanks

Answer 1

The most important thing to do is find the Central Idea.
What is the most important thing the writer is trying to say?
You can usually find that in the first few pages and the last two pages of an article.

Once you have the Central Idea - what facts does the writer use to back up that idea?

If you want good political articles, Rolling Stone magazine has published quite a few good ones in the last year:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stolen

However, they are probably a little short for what you are looking for. The Atlantic and Harpers both publish lengthy articles on political topics.
http://www.theatlantic.com/
http://www.harpers.org/

Good luck!