Explore the controversy surrounding Idaho's proposed ban on diversity-equity-inclusion (DEI) programs and the potential unintended consequences, especially on Idaho college students and on their schools' bottom line.
Should all of us work to be perfect? Read about the stories of the speckled ax and the perfect walking stick, as well as Jesus' call for his disciples to be perfect to learn the answer.
As a secular humanist, the best I have for fearful loved ones is to bolster their faith, remind them that all-powerful is, by definition, beyond threat. I offer the trite “good always wins,” because I think they need to hear it.
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 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, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.