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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Peter Buffett, Emmy Award-winning composer and son of business magnate and philanthropist, Warren Buffett, says the charity work of America's growing nonprofit sector is fueling a "perpetual poverty machine."
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Just one day after Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro was sentenced to life in prison plus at least 1,000 more years, one of his victims Amanda Berry was publicly hailed by rapper Nelly and his fans at a beer festival in Cleveland on Saturday.
Bill and Hillary Clinton Reportedly Livid at Comparison to Weiner's Sex Scandal and Huma's Forgiveness
Former President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary are reportedly "livid" at the campaign of New York City mayoral Candidate Anthony Weiner for comparing the Clintons' response to Bill's infamous White House sex scandal to Weiner and his wife's reaction to his explicit sexting habit.
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Italy's first black Minister, Cecile Kyenge, once compared to an orangutan by a fellow politician, had pieces of bananas thrown at her during a speech at a rally last Friday. The defiant woman, however, simply told her detractor to stop "wasting food".
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A brazen burglar found stuck in the chimney of a business he was trying to rob on Wednesday was charged with several felonies after he attempted to escape from police and emergency service workers who rescued him.
'Perpetually Horny' Weiner Cops to Explicit Online Relations With Up to 10 Women While Congressman
As he continues facing the music for his explicit online indiscretions, former New York City congressman and mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner admitted that he had inappropriate online relationships with up to 10 women while in Congress.
Teen Bible Campers Hospitalized After Mixing Fart Spray and Deer Repellent in Prank
A potent mixture of fart spray and deer repellent intended to be a prank turned serious Wednesday when more than a dozen campers from the Christian run Camp Wo-Me-To in Jarrettsville, Md., had to be decontaminated while six were hospitalized due to physical reactions.
Oxford Dictionary to Change Definition of Marriage to Include Gays
Oxford English Dictionary, the world's largest dictionary of the English language, has announced that the definition of the term "marriage" will be adjusted to include same-sex couples now that it is legal for homosexuals to wed each other in England.
George Zimmerman 'Got Away With Murder,' Says Juror B29
Juror B29, the only minority on the all-female jury that acquitted George Zimmerman of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's death, says Zimmerman "got away with murder" and wants to apologize to the teen's parents.
Glenn Beck Mocks Pro-Abortion MSNBC Host With 'Condom Gloves' and 'Birth Control Nose Ring'
Conservative political pundit and radio and television host, Glenn Beck, mocked MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry's recent pro-abortion tampon earring stunt by wearing "condoms gloves" and a "birth control nose ring" in opposition to her abortion message on Monday.
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