If you listen to WAMC, you probably recognize Ayesha Rascoe from her years hosting Weekend Edition Sunday and covering the White House. What you may not know is that she was once a shy, introvert who confronted self-doubt even as she climbed the ladder at Howard University’s student paper. That experience is just one recounted in the new book “HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience,” which features essays from leaders in the arts, letters and music.
New York U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand tells WAMC she is “leaning toward” supporting a modified COVID relief bill championed by Senate centrists. Gillibrand talks...
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We speak with U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, the Connecticut Democrat helming rare talks over new Congressional gun control measures. Murphy calls it a 10-year...