Celeste Headlee

Each morning, Celeste Headlee scours the country’s newspapers for interesting stories. Here's her list for today:

Every morning, Celeste Headlee scours the country’s newspapers for interesting stories. Here's her list:

I am not a native Detroiter. In fact, I wasn't thrilled about moving there when I took a job with WDET in 2001. I'd heard all the same things you have, about the crime, the poverty, the burnt out buildings and abandoned homes ... and all of my friends and family were horrified to know that I was taking my 3-year-old cherub to the "Murder Capital."

Every morning, Celeste Headlee scours the country’s newspapers for interesting stories. We're sharing her story lists with you. Here's today's roundup:

Every morning, Celeste Headlee scours the country’s newspapers for interesting stories. We're sharing her story lists with you. Here's today's roundup:

Every morning, Celeste Headlee scours the country’s newspapers for interesting stories. We're sharing her story lists with you. Here's today's roundup.

Every morning, Celeste Headlee scours the country’s newspapers for interesting stories. We're sharing her story lists with you. Here's her list for today:

Every morning, Celeste Headlee scours the country’s newspapers for interesting stories. We're sharing her story lists with you. Here's what she found today:

Every morning, Celeste Headlee scours the country’s newspapers for interesting stories. We thought we’d start sharing her story list with you. Here's what she found today:

Every morning, Celeste Headlee scours the country’s newspapers for interesting stories. We thought we’d start sharing her story list with you. Here's what she found today.

Every morning, Celeste Headlee scours the country’s newspapers for interesting stories. We thought we’d start sharing her story list with you, so here they are!

My esteemed colleague, John Hockenberry, doesn't participate in March Madness pools on principle.  I also stand on principle on this issue: I always participate and this year, I'm helping to coordinate the competition at The Takeaway.

In his public apology to the nation on Friday, Tiger Woods invoked his Buddhist upbringing, as he vowed to mend his ways. There are about 350 million Buddhists around the world and Takeaway co-host Celeste Headlee is one of them. She writes about her reaction to Woods' comments and why he must change his ways if he is to call himself a true Buddhist.

This weekend WNYC hosted a Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday celebration at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.  Our own Celeste Headlee co-hosted the event, which included prominent educators, politicians and activists. 

• MONEY TAKEOUT: The Labor Department released new inflation figures last Friday, and it appears that the economy is experiencing moderate deflation. New York Times finance reporter Louise Story talks to us about the effects this deflation could have on ordinary Americans.
  
• SPORTS TAKEOUT: We check in with Takeaway Sports Contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin about last weekend's NFC playoffs and talk about the Cinicinnati Bengals' Marwin Lewis, who just won the NFL's Coach of the Year award.
• MLK TAKEOUT: This weekend, WNYC hosted a Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday celebration at the Brooklyn Museum, co-hosted by our own Celeste Headlee. Celeste and Femi Oke spoke with Columbia law professor Patricia Williams about the future of the civil rights movement.

• CONGRESS TAKEOUT:  The USAID says that the search-and-rescue operation in Haiti will officially end sometime today, as relief agencies transition to other recovery efforts. Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich brings us the latest on this and the U.S. military's deployment in Haiti.
• SPORTS TAKEOUT: Sports Contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin tells about the big upset last night that ended the hopes of the Indianapolis Chargers and guaranteed the New York Jets a place in the AFC finals.
• MLK DAY TAKEOUT: Femi Oke and Celeste Headlee went to a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, and spoke about the future of the civil rights movement with Dr. Roscoe Brown.  Brown is a professor at CUNY graduate center and a former Tuskegee airman

Two generations have come of age since Dr. King's assassination in 1968. A distinguished multi-generational panel discusses the powerful impact of his life.