Women sold short
Rebeca Zúniga-Hamlin considers whether Ortega will tackle Nicaragua's dismal record on abortion rights
Human Rights & Ethics
Sexual cleansing
Islamist death squads in Iraq are targeting gays and lesbians, reports Peter Tatchell
Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties by Michael Lesy
Michael Binyon is not blown away by the Windy City
The Blackest Bird: A Novel of History and Murder by Joel Rose
Martina Evans is haunted by the ghost of Poe
What’s an infidel?
Jonathan Rée consults the latest humanist dictionary
Future Perfect: the transhumanist quest to defeat death
Transhumanists would like to cheat death and redesign genes. But Anita Silvers is not sure that would be wise
Peace Warriors
Ron Dudai meets the men of violence who have changed their minds
Slice of life
For some it's barbaric, for others a religious imperative. But why, asks Sally Feldman, is circumcision still the most frequently performed operation in the world?
Change, change, change
Will you be a dentured crone, a leotarded granny, mutton dressed as lamb or an overweight harridan? Sally Feldman enters the mid-life maelstrom
Choice busters
Anti-abortion groups have found a new way to deny women their rights, says Solana Larsen. And this time it's global