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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Former U.S. Senator and 2012 GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum called the Obama administration "timid" in the war on terror and says he is open to making another presidential run in 2016.
Megachurch Pastor Wiley Jackson Forgives Teens Suspected of Murdering Younger Brother
Bishop Wiley Jackson of the popular Gospel Tabernacle Cathedral in Atlanta, Ga., told his congregation on Sunday that he has forgiven the teens suspected of murdering his younger brother Jerrick Jackson, 47, in May.
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A video showing the brutal beating of a sixth grade boy by three 15-year-old students on a Florida school bus as the driver watched helplessly as they broke the victim's arm and left him with two black eyes has sparked a flood of outrage and debate.
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Former head of the Texas Republican Party, Cathie Adams warned last Thursday that immigration reform won't just be giving amnesty to illegal Mexicans but would lead to the mark of the beast, more non-Christians, and people from countries linked to terrorism getting freedoms in America.
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Young Tatiana Kirby cried until she couldn't cry anymore last Monday night after an angry man attending a party next door pumped several bullets into the body of her father, Pastor Tim Kirby, 46, after he asked them to turn down the music.
'I've Been Praying for You Alex', Says Christian Coach That A-Rod Reportedly Got Fired
Embattled New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez recently got some surprise encouragement from a Christian baseball coach he reportedly got fired in 2009. "I've been praying for you Alex," the coach told him at a chance meeting a few weeks ago.
John McCain Says a 2016 Showdown Between Hillary Clinton, Rand Paul Will Be a 'Tough Choice'
Senior U.S. Senator for Arizona and the GOP's 2008 presidential nominee John McCain thinks former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is a "rock star" and if she faces GOP Senator for Kentucky Rand Paul in the 2016 presidential elections, it will be a "tough choice" on who he'd vote for.
Eagle's Riley Cooper May Lose His Job Over Offensive N-Word Slur at Security Guard
As tensions continue to fester over a viral video of Philadelphia Eagle's wide receiver Riley Cooper hurling a cutting n-word slur at a black security guard at a Kenny Chesney concert last month, many are predicting his dismissal from the team is inevitable.
Olympic Athletes Who Break Russia's Anti-Gay Laws Will Be Prosecuted, Says Official
Russian politician and author of that country's anti-gay legislation enacted last month, Vitaly Milonov, has warned that athletes and guests attending the 2014 Sochi Games in Russia will have to uphold the law or face prosecution.
Why Huma Abedin Chose to Stay With Anthony Weiner
Although she thought about leaving him, Huma Abedin, wife of embattled New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner who is currently caught in the throes of a controversial sexting scandal, is staying with her husband for the sake of her 19-month-old son, Jordan.
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