Spokane religious communities reflect on their five-year journey since COVID lockdowns began, revealing unexpected growth, technological adaptation and stronger congregations.
The Trans Day of Visibility Art Show at Spokane Public Library yesterday showcased diverse trans art, fostering community and support with over 200 attendees.
Spokane migrant reflects on his 45 days in an ICE detention facility, recalling its rigid structure. He said the government's treatment of immigrants is an "honest concern" but it is being done in a "brutal and inhumane" way.
Washington clergy may be mandatory reporters of child abuse, advocacy group hosts a forum on reproductive justice, Mead School District leans toward federal trans policies and more in this week's FāVS Religion News Roundup.
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 Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
