Leonardo Blair
Senior Reporter
Leonardo Blair is an award-winning investigative reporter and feature writer whose career spanned secular media in the Caribbean and New York City prior to joining The Christian Post in 2013. His early work with CP focusing on crime and Christian society quickly attracted international attention when he exposed a campaign by Creflo Dollar Ministries in 2015 to raise money from supporters to purchase a $65 million luxury jet. He continues to report extensively on church crimes, spiritual abuse, mental health, the black church and major events impacting Christian culture.
He is a 2007 alumnus of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he was an inaugural member of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. He lives with his wife and two sons in New York City.
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Celebrity Lawyer Gloria Allred Says She Will Prove Biker Crippled by SUV Driver in NYC Highway Brawl Is Innocent Victim
Celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred is expected to officially announce Friday that she is representing the family of biker Edwin Mieses Jr., 32, whose spine was crushed by wealthy Manhattan executive Alexian Lien, 33, during a high-speed brawl along Manhattan's West Side Highway on Sunday.
'There Is Salvation for Everyone,' Says Brryan Jackson on Forgiving Father for Injecting Him With HIV Virus as Baby
Brryan Jackson, a 22-year-old college student whose father tried to kill him by injecting him with HIV tainted blood when he was just 11-months-old to avoid paying child support, says he is praying for his father's salvation after a protracted personal battle to forgive him.
'It's Been a Very Long Night,' Says Minister After 6 Church Members are Confirmed Dead in Fiery Bus Crash That Killed 8
Members of the Front Street Baptist Church in North Carolina have been releasing their tears and clinging to their faith after police confirmed on Thursday that six of the eight people killed in the fiery crash involving their church bus were members of their church family.
Boyfriend Says He Accidentally Shot, Killed Girlfriend During Hug; Victim's Sister Not '100 Percent' Sure
An 18-year-old Arizona man accidentally shot and killed his 24-year-old girlfriend with a gun he was trying to remove from his waistband to make her more comfortable as they hugged, but the victim's sister says she is not "100 percent certain" that's what happened.
'We Were in Grave Danger,' Says Wife of SUV Driver in Highway Brawl as Bikers Rally for Rider Crippled by Her Husband
Speaking out for the first time since her husband was beaten by a gang of bikers after he crippled one of their colleagues in a brawl along Manhattan's West Side Highway in New York on Sunday, the wife of SUV driver Alexian Lien, 33, said the bikers forced his reaction by putting their family "in grave danger."
Ben Carson: 'I Had My First Encounter With IRS This Year After Prayer Breakfast' Speech Challenging Obama Policies
Retired Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon and conservative star Dr. Benjamin Carson said the Internal Revenue Service, paid him a visit for the first time earlier this year shortly after he delivered a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast challenging the policies of the Obama administration.
Belgian Woman Euthanized After Botched Sex Change Operation, Mother Says Good Riddance, She Was 'So Ugly' Anyway
A Belgian woman who felt rejected by her family as a woman was legally euthanized on Monday after a botched sex change operation left her with "unbearable psychological suffering," and her mother says she is happy she is gone because she was "so ugly" anyway.
Aspiring Rapper vs Manhattan Executive: Dueling Facebook Pages Seek Justice for Biker, SUV Driver Injured in Highway Brawl
A polarized battle has erupted on social media between supporters of the two victims of the wild biker brawl that took place along Manhattan's West Side Highway in New York City on Sunday that left biker Edwin Mieses Jr., 32, in a coma and executive Alexian Lien, 33, nursing a wound to his face.
Biker Left in Coma With Crushed Spine Was Trying to Help Friend When SUV Driver Ran Him Over in Highway Brawl, Says Wife
The distraught wife of Edwin Mieses Jr., 32, a pastor's son who was crippled by a scared SUV driver, Alexian Lien, 33, in a wild highway brawl in Manhattan, N.Y., says her husband was only trying to help a biker hit by Lien when he plowed into her husband and crushed his spine.
Harvard Study Says Consumers Can Save Food, Money by Ignoring Expiration Dates on Groceries
Americans are needlessly losing money and dumping billions of pounds of perfectly good food every year because they are misguided by expiration dates on groceries, according to a new study co-authored by Harvard Law School's Food Law and Policy Clinic and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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