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Daniel Smith

Daniel P. Smith is an award-winning journalist based in Chicago. His work has appeared in consumer and trade publications, and he is also the author of On the Job: Behind the Stars of the Chicago Police Department.

Love Your Neighbor

Spirituality on the streets

Daniel Smith Jan 4, 2021 0

BY DANIEL P. SMITH Where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more. (Romans 5:20) Just before 8 p.m. on a wintry Wednesday in Chicago, three words pouring from a police radio seize the attention of Fr. Dan Brandt: infant, unattended,…

Conversation

Standing up for inmates on death row

Daniel Smith Jul 24, 2020 0

by Daniel P. Smith Sr. Helen Prejean’s words come fast, carrying the sharp Louisiana twang engrained in her DNA and fueled by a purpose that rumbles in her soul. A complex and often controversial figure as one of the nation’s foremost…