Samuel Smith

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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  • Are African Americans Being Recruited by ISIS?

    Are African Americans Being Recruited by ISIS?

    Considering the social conflict between cops and protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, the terrorist group commonly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is using the strategic moment in American history to recruit African-Americans to join the Islamic State's jihadist movement. The terrorist are using social media strategy to reach out to blacks.

  • Federal Judge Uses 'Wrong Side of History' Argument in Striking Down Florida Marriage Law

    Federal Judge Uses 'Wrong Side of History' Argument in Striking Down Florida Marriage Law

    Even though the citizens of Florida voted in a 2008 referendum to define marriage as between one man and one woman in their state's constitution, yet another federal district judge has ruled that amendment is unconstitutional because it does not let Floridians marry someone of their same gender.

  • NY Christian Couple Fined $13,000 for Refusing Lesbian Wedding Ceremony on Farm

    NY Christian Couple Fined $13,000 for Refusing Lesbian Wedding Ceremony on Farm

    A New York judge issued a Christian family a $13,000 fine after the family's refusal to allow a same-sex couple to use their family farm, which they live on and rent out for various events and ceremonies, as the venue for the couple's wedding ceremony.

  • ISIS May Already Be in US; Will Attack America If Not Stopped, Warns Rick Perry (CP Video)

    ISIS May Already Be in US; Will Attack America If Not Stopped, Warns Rick Perry (CP Video)

    Members of terrorist groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) may have already used the United States' loosely secured southern border to sneak into the nation, Texas Governor Rick Perry told attendees of the Heritage Foundations' panel on border security Thursday.

  • Is the Tea Party Winning or Losing?

    Is the Tea Party Winning or Losing?

    Tea Party candidates had few victories in the 2014 congressional primary season. By challenging "establishment" Republicans, did those Tea Party challenges, nonetheless, make the Republican Party more conservative?

  • Ferguson Shooting: A Dozen Witnesses Back Claims That Brown Assaulted Officer Leading to Shooting?

    Police sources told a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter that a dozen witnesses have confirmed the claim that the unarmed 18-year-old killed by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer on Aug. 9 was shot because he charged and physically attacked the officer.

  • US Companies Can't Protect Citizens? Chinese Hackers Steal 4.5 Million Patients Info, Including Social Security Numbers

    US Companies Can't Protect Citizens? Chinese Hackers Steal 4.5 Million Patients Info, Including Social Security Numbers

    One of America's largest hospital chains is the latest to fall victim to a group of sophisticated Chinese hackers who compromised 4.5 million patients' data including social security numbers in April and June. The cyber attack is the largest ever reported by a U.S. health care company and should serve as a warning to get more private companies to take their cyber protection more seriously.

  • Ferguson Riots: Twice As Many Blacks Believe Police Went Too Far As Whites Do

    Ferguson Riots: Twice As Many Blacks Believe Police Went Too Far As Whites Do

    A poll released Monday found a huge gap between blacks and whites regarding whether the police response to unrest over the Aug. 9 shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri went too far, again exposing the signifcant race relations divide still simmering in America.

  • Why These Liberals Think Rick Perry's Indictment Is a Joke

    Why These Liberals Think Rick Perry's Indictment Is a Joke

    In the wake of Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry's two-count indictment by an Austin grand jury last Friday charging him with abusing the powers of his office to attempt to oust a Democrat district attorney that he deemed to have "lost the public's confidence", many key liberal voices have called the grounds for the indictment "sketchy".

  • Michael Brown Shooting: Is 6 Shots Normal for Police Use of Force?

    Michael Brown Shooting: Is 6 Shots Normal for Police Use of Force?

    After a preliminary autopsy revealed that teenager Michael Brown was shot at least six times to the front of his body by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer on Aug. 9, a retired Baltimore City police officer who was involved in six individual use-of-force shootings in his 12-year law enforcement career, told The Christian Post Monday that, in general, six shots is not an overly excessive amount of shots for officers to take when trying to take down an assailant and protect themselves.

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