Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith serves as Deputy Managing Editor for The Christian Post. He began working for CP in 2014 as a staff reporter. Before joining CP, Smith covered Maryland state politics as well as college and high school athletics for various news outlets. He graduated with a journalism degree from Towson University.
His areas of interest include human rights, politics and sports. Smith also serves on the international missions team of his local church. He lives in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with his family.
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Fake News: Is Religious Liberty at Stake?
As the world's largest web companies are being pressured to crackdown on websites that produce "fake news," there are growing concerns that efforts to censor what is deemed to be fake news could have a negative impact on religious news websites and sites that report from a conservative or biblical perspective.
Trump Sec. of State Pick Rex Tillerson 'Led Charge to Open Boy Scouts to Gay Troop Leaders,' Tony Perkins Warns
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, who was officially announced on Tuesday morning as President-elect Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state, could be the Left's "greatest ally" in Trump's cabinet, leading social conservative activist Tony Perkins has warned.
Heisman Trophy Winner Lamar Jackson Thanks His 'Lord and Savior' Jesus Christ in Acceptance Speech
University of Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson wasted no time during his Heisman Trophy acceptance speech to give praise to his Lord and Savior.
Joni Eareckson Tada: Christians Are Giving Up, Enabling Culture to Be Worse (Interview)
Popular evangelical author, radio host and disability rights activist Joni Eareckson Tada fears that evangelical Christians are bending to societal pressure and enabling the decline of American moral standards by not being willing to speak up for what is biblically right.
Over 1,700 ISIS Jihadis Returning to Europe May Be Plotting Attacks, EU Report Warns
As many as 1,750 Islamic State's foreign jihadis have returned to Europe and many could be planning to carry out attacks, a new EU report warns.
2 States Where Prison Reform Is Working: What We Can Learn
Prominent public office holders from Georgia and South Carolina detailed prison alternatives embraced by their states that have not only reduced the cost of running their states' prison systems but have also given young criminals a better chance at not becoming repeat offenders.
Macy's Stops Giving Money to Planned Parenthood, Severs Ties With Abortion Business
The department store chain Macy's says that it is no longer donating to America's largest abortion business, Planned Parenthood.
Trump's China Ambassador Pick Gov. Terry Branstad Is an 'Old Friend' of China President; Conservatives React
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Terry Branstad, the pro-life governor of Iowa, to be the United States Ambassador to China, a move that pro-lifers are optimistic about considering that nation continues to restrict religious freedom and force women to get abortions and sterilizations.
4 in 10 Evangelicals Think Physician Assisted Suicide is 'Morally Acceptable;' Joni Eareckson Tada Responds
Over four out of ten evangelicals believe that doctors should be allowed to assist terminally ill patients in ending their lives, a new survey from the evangelical polling firm LifeWay Research has found.
Abortion Opponents Could Be Jailed for 2 Years in France for Making a Website
In what some might consider to be a crackdown on free speech, lawmakers in France have passed a bill that would make operating certain pro-life abortion information websites punishable by up to two years in prison and $31,691 (€30,000) in fines.