John Blake
CNN Enterprise writer/producer
John Blake is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. He writes about race, religion, politics and other assorted topics.
Sins of the father; redemption of the son
John Blake, CNNSex, a family secret and the collapse of one of America's biggest megachurches. Pastor D.E. Paulk breaks his silence to tell CNN's John Blake the inside story behind the public humiliation that became his salvation.
Is MLK's greatest victory being undone?
John Blake, CNNThe forces that mobilized against marchers in Selma 50 years ago launched a movement of their own that relied on an audacious strategy: They borrowed protesters' tactics to blow a hole through the civil rights movement's "crown jewel."
Why Bigfoot is getting nervous
John Blake, CNNMonster stories have been around for millennia, and just about every state has its own creature. Now monster hunters are hot on the trail, armed with cameras, drones and night-vision goggles. Can they catch one?
A preaching 'genius' faces his toughest convert
John Blake, CNNFred Craddock was a young preacher trying to find his voice when he received a call from his mother one day.
The new threat: 'Racism without racists'
John Blake, CNNIn a classic study on race, psychologists staged an experiment with two photographs that produced a surprising result.
How 'Game of Thrones' is like America
John Blake, CNNA fire-breathing dragon has never vaporized a senator giving a pompous speech on C-SPAN. No candidate has ever poisoned a rival at his wedding reception, and no "white walker" zombie has ever dragged a screaming climate change skeptic away.
