Celeste Headlee

Celeste Headlee, co-host of The Takeaway, speaks at the National Race Amity Conference in Boston today. Richard Thomas, professor emeritus of history at Michigan State University is also talking at the conference. He’s the creator of the race relations concept, “The Other Tradition,” which focuses on the efforts of those who, during times of racial […]

Street Fighting Man is a documentary about three generations of men living on the east side of Detroit. It shows what happens to communities who have been left with no option but to fend for themselves and their families.  Celeste Headlee had the opportunity to screen the film last week in Detroit and shares her reaction. […]

After Georgetown University Law student Sandra Fluke spoke on Capitol Hill about her university’s coverage of contraception, radio host Rush Limbaugh criticized her on his show. Those comments quickly went viral, and over 40 of Limbaugh’s advertisers have pulled their sponsorship of the radio show. In this audio essay, Celeste Headlee comments on what she […]

February is Black History Month, and comedian Baratunde Thurston wants you to know that it’s the perfect time to buy his new book, “How to Be Black.” “The odds are high that you acquired this book during the nationally sanctioned season for purchasing black cultural objects, also known as Black History Month,” he writes. “If […]

Don Cornelius, the creator of “Soul Train,” died Wednesday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He began his career as a  journalist who wrote passionately about the civil rights movement.   After noticing the lack of African American music on popular television, he created the Chicago-based show “Soul Train” in 1970 to showcase the funky blending of gospel […]