Samuel Smith

Deputy Managing Editor

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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May 18, 2016
Supreme Court Decision Affirms God Always Protects the Little Sisters of the Poor, Sister Constance Says
The Little Sisters of the Poor, a Catholic order of nuns in the midst of a lawsuit against Obamacare's birth control mandate, are encouraged and optimistic following the United States Supreme Court's decision to vacate lower court rulings.
May 18, 2016
Sen. Lankford to Obama on Transgender Bathroom Edict: Sex Designation Isn't Sex Discrimination
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., is demanding answers from the United States Department of Education over its controversial transgender bathroom directive that it and the Department of Justice sent to all United States public school districts last week.
May 18, 2016
Sex-Segregated Bathrooms Are Not Same as Jim Crow, Black Activists Tell Obama
African-American activists throughout the United States are slamming the Obama administration for comparing North Carolina's recently passed transgender law to white-supremacist laws that once permitted racism and segregation.
May 17, 2016
Obama's Response to Little Sisters of the Poor Shows 'Total Misunderstanding of Faith,' Paul Ryan Argues
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., argued Tuesday morning that Obama administration has displayed a "total misunderstanding of faith" in its demands that the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious non-profits be complicit in providing birth control and abortifacients to employees.
May 17, 2016
Will Obama's Transgender Bathroom Edict Lead to an Increase in Homeschooling and Private Schooling?
Experts believe that if the Obama administration successfully forces public schools across the country to grant transgender students access to bathrooms and locker rooms designated for the opposite biological sex, it could lead to an increase in the number of students who are homeschooled or attend private schools.
May 16, 2016
5 States So Far Looking to Fight Obama's Transgender Bathroom Edict
At least five states have so far indicated they will contest an Obama administration directive sent to all United States public school districts that tries to coerce them into allowing students to access bathrooms based upon their gender identity rather than biological sex.
May 13, 2016
Caitlyn Jenner Spox. Denies Explosive 'Sex Change Regret' Rumor: 'Of Course It's Not True'
A spokesperson for retired Olympic gold medalist and reality television star Caitlyn Jenner, formally known as Bruce, is denying rumors that surfaced earlier this week claiming that she is experiencing "sex change regret" and that she wants to become a man again.
May 13, 2016
Donald Trump Illustrates 'Glamour of Evil,' Alan Keyes Says in Defense of Russell Moore
Christian supporters of presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are "abandoning the gospel of love" and justifying the doubts of Trump critics, former Republican presidential candidate Alan Keyes argued in support of leading Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore Thursday.
May 13, 2016
Pakistani Christian on the Run After $14K Bounty Calls for Him to Be 'Burned Alive'
An entire Christian community in Pakistan is under threat after Muslim leaders demanded that local families convert to Islam after a young Christian man was accused of blasphemy over a video that was found on his phone.
May 13, 2016
Obama Orders All Public Schools to Apply Transgender Bathroom Access Rules; Texas Ready To Fight
The Obama administration has issued a directive requiring all public schools in the United States allow transgender students access to single sex bathrooms consistent with their gender identity and at least one state has indicated that it will contest the order.