Science's fairy tales

BIOETHICS: Emotional appeals, sympathetic victims shroud the stem-cell debate

Aborted language

ABORTION: Does the Democratic platform read pro-lifers out of the party?

NICE TRY

Concerned about scaring off swing voters, Democrats - mostly - put on a friendly face at their national convention

Marabout face

A different kind of Islam dominates the West African nation of Senegal, where voodoo is a regular part of life

Status symbols

Activists are trying to revoke the tax-exempt status of churches involved in politics-conservative politics, that is

Trafficking cop

Prosecutions against international slave traders are up three-fold in the last three years, and even some liberal human-rights activists give credit to President Bush