June 29th, 2006

How one school district found religion

Americans have never been in greater need of understanding religious differences and cultivating respect for religious freedom. The events of 9/11 transformed America's relationship with Muslims at home and abroad, and cultural conflicts between secularists and religious conservatives occur like clockwork. CISAC postdoctoral fellow Patrick Soren Roberts and colleague Emile Lester found that a required world religion course for ninth-graders in Modesto, Calif. has helped foster understanding among the town's religiously diverse population. Read more »

December 5th, 2005

Thinking inside the box needed to secure borders, write CISAC professor and colleague

The president's border security and immigration reform proposals won't protect Americans from the gravest cross-border threat: the possibility that a ship, truck or train will one day import a 40-foot cargo container in which terrorists have hidden a dirty bomb or nuclear weapon. To tackle this problem, policymakers need to think inside the box, write CISAC's Lawrence M. Wein and colleague Stephen E. Flynn in this New York Times op-ed. Read more »

March 4th, 2005

Different fingerprint systems thwart interagency cooperation

Despite repeated investigations showing that different fingerprint systems used by immigration and criminal agencies prevent information-sharing that would help keep terrorists from entering the country, U.S. Departments of Justice, State and Homeland Security have yet to agree on a uniform system. Read more »