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Faith and the Democratic Process, Stella’s Cafe
“When your religion is hijacked by politics” by Patricia Bruininks
This election season has been a boon to satirists and political cartoonists. (READ MORE)
“Politics and Faith Go Together” by Melissa Carpenter
Politics and Faith DO go together, despite what the popular adage might say. (READ MORE)
“Being Christian and Political” by Andy CastroLang
Growing up in a certain kind of Roman Catholic household I heard the stories of and knew, some very activist priests and bishops and nuns. (READ MORE)
Tracy Simmons is an award winning journalist specializing in religion reporting, digital entrepreneurship and social journalism. In her 15 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti.
Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas and Connecticut. Currently she serves as the executive director of SpokaneFAVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Wash. She is also a Scholarly Assistant Professor at Washington State University.
