Mary Louise Kelly

Mary Louise Kelly appears in the following:

Right To Vote: Historians On What Voting Restrictions Mean For Democracy's Future

Friday, July 16, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with historians about the impact new restrictive voting measures might have on democracy and whether they could potentially change the course of the American experiment.

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In A 'Berserk' Biopic, A 57-Year-Old Plays Celine Dion At Nearly Every Age — Even 12

Thursday, July 15, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rachel Handler, features writer for Vulture and New York Magazine, about the unofficial Celine Dione biopic, Aline, which just screened at Cannes Festival.

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Biden Administration Lays Out Goals To Protect Voting Rights

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

As President Biden spoke in Philadelphia about voting rights on Tuesday, Texas House Democrats arrived in D.C. in an effort to block Republicans' efforts to enact new voting restrictions.

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Iceland Tests Shorter Workweeks On A National Scale

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

After implementing a shorter work week, Iceland has published its findings — which include no change in productivity and less employee burnout.

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Fauci Says Current Vaccines Will Stand Up To The Delta Variant

Thursday, July 08, 2021

All the data so far shows the vaccines are highly effective at preventing serious disease or hospitalization, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. Vaccination is also imperative to preventing mutations, he added.

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Brazil And Argentina Prepare For Copa América Final Showdown

Thursday, July 08, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mauricio Noriega ahead of the Copa América final in which Argentina and Brazil will face off for the third time in the tournament's history.

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Mental Health Counselors Address Enormous Grief From Surfside Families

Tuesday, July 06, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sandy Ala, a counselor working with Jewish Community Services of South Florida, who has been talking with survivors and families waiting for news in Surfside.

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A 51,000-Year-Old Bone Carving Supports Neanderthals' Creativity

Tuesday, July 06, 2021

Scientists have discovered a giant deer toe bone, engraved by Neanderthals — a hint that our ancient cousins had conceptual imagination.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones Has Chosen Howard, Not UNC-Chapel Hill, For Tenure

Tuesday, July 06, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dawna Jones, Carolina Black Caucus chair, and Taliajah Vann, president of the Black Student Movement at UNC-Chapel Hill, about Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure decision.

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A Father, A Daughter And A Georgia July 4th Running Tradition

Friday, July 02, 2021

This weekend, Mary Louise Kelly continues a family tradition — running the Peachtree Road Race. It won't be in person, but it will bring her a chance to run with her father's spirit in her heart.

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The Biden-Putin Talks Are Expected To Last Several Hours

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

President Biden and Russian President Putin have arrived at the Geneva villa where they will hold their first face-to-face talks as leaders. The two shook hands and ignored reporters' questions.

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Why Geneva Is Teeming With Spies As Biden And Putin Prepare To Meet

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Intelligence agencies from the U.S. and Russia are both trying to figure out what the other side is going to say, a longtime CIA operative says. China is probably trying to listen in, too.

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What's Up For (Pointed) Discussion At Biden-Putin Summit

Friday, June 11, 2021

Cyber espionage, regional aggression, a crackdown on opposition politicians: there's a long list of provocations President Biden has to discuss when he meets Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Everyone And His Mother: Twitter Embraces A Nun's Complicated Story... By Her Son

Thursday, June 10, 2021

When his mother died, Mark Miller wrote her life story in a Twitter thread, including their complicated relationship and her transformation from wealthy socialite to nun. It quickly went viral.

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U.S. To Donate 500 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Globally

Thursday, June 10, 2021

President Biden announced the U.S. will be donating 500 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine globally. The first 200 million are to be distributed this year and the rest in 2022.

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A Subway Microbe Map Shows Life In Cities Around The World

Thursday, June 10, 2021

A team of more than 900 international researchers and volunteers has assembled an atlas of microorganisms present in the subways of 60 cities around the world.

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U.S. Lawmakers Back Belarus Opposition As Russia Closes In

Wednesday, June 09, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, about the Senate Foreign Relations hearing on Belarus and their trip to the region.

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Hail To The Cicadas

Wednesday, June 09, 2021

Brood X cicadas delayed a plane carrying reporters covering President Biden's first trip overseas Tuesday night. President Biden, meanwhile, had his own cicada confrontation.

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Illinois Poised To End Criminalization Of HIV Exposure

Tuesday, June 08, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly chats with Timothy Jackson, director of government relations at AIDS Foundation Chicago, about a law to repeal criminal penalties for potentially exposing others to HIV.

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Remembering Hak Phlong, A Survivor Of The Cambodian Genocide Who Died Of COVID-19

Monday, June 07, 2021

Hak Phlong was a survivor of the Cambodian genocide and a beloved member of Chicago's Cambodian American community. She died of COVID-19 in December 2020.

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