Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Informed by a major consultation earlier in the year, Achieving great art for everyone sets out a 10-year vision with five ambitious goals at its heart.
Arts Council England
The choices we make when we buy food are serious choices. More and more people understand this. They no longer see themselves as passive food 'consumers'. Rather, they embrace their roles as 'creators', knowing that the foods they decide to grow or purchase will create a different future for themselves, their families, generations to come, and the natural world.
Alice Waters, Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture
Dire warnings of marauding rebels soaking Tripoli's streets with blood have simply not materialised, and are unlikely to do so. We should beware of unduly inflating the ghosts of Islamism, tribal factionalism and the chaos of Baghdad haunting the new Libya.
Shashank Joshi, Royal United Services Institute
John L. Esposito (Editor) and Ibrahim Kalin (Editor) , OUP USA,
In this compelling book, Rebecca Jordan-Young takes on the evidence that sex differences are hardwired into the brain. Analyzing virtually all published research that supports the claims of “human brain organization theory,” Jordan-Young reveals how often these studies fail the standards of science.
WGBH
While fundraising websites offer documentary-makers a novel way to finance projects, the concept has its flaws
Kate Bulkley, Guardian
The blog of Park 51, formerly 'Corboda House', the cultural centre at the focus of the debate
Park 51
Our broken immigration system has led to a civil rights and liberties crisis in New York and across the country. The NYCLU and our allies are mobilizing throughout the state to make sure Congress passes comprehensive immigration reform this year that protects everybody’s rights.
NYCLU
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Israel at 60 - Karl Sharro - Issues in post-Zionist Israel
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George Thomas, orthopaedic surgeon; editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
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