Mary Louise Kelly

Mary Louise Kelly appears in the following:

Widow and former PM among those indicted in Haitian president assassination inquiry

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Miami Herald reporter Jacqueline Charles about those indicted in the 2021 assassination of the Haitian president, including his widow and the former prime minister.

Comment

Haley vows to stay in the race, regardless of what happens in South Carolina primary

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Matthew Moore, former chair of South Carolina's state GOP, about Nikki Haley's decision to stay in the presidential race ahead of the South Carolina primary.

Comment

How safe are other Kremlin critics held in Russia's prison system?

Monday, February 19, 2024

Alexei Navalny's death has shaken the families of other political prisoners in Russia. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Evgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of jailed opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza.

Comment

Director of film 'Navalny' remembers his friend

Friday, February 16, 2024

Daniel Roher, director of the Oscar-winning documentary Navalny, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about his time with Alexei Navalny, who was determined to return to Russia despite the risk.

Comment

Diving into the discovery of the Arlington shipwreck in Lake Superior

Thursday, February 15, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Bruce Lynn, the executive director of the Great Lake Shipwreck Historical Society, about the discovery of the Arlington shipwreck in Lake Superior.

Comment

Remembering the co-creator of the Pop Tart

Thursday, February 15, 2024

NPR remembers William "Bill" Post today. He was the co-creator of the Kellogg's Pop-Tarts, and died on Saturday, February 10th at 96 years old.

Comment

The Senate passed a bill with Ukraine aid. Biden urges the House to do the same

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut about the prospect of U.S. military aid for Ukraine.

Comment

The Republican Party has grown much more supportive of Russia in recent years

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Anne Applebaum, staff writer for The Atlantic, about Russia's continued appeal to the American right.

Comment

Could a Rafah offensive be a breaking point in Biden's support of Israel?

Monday, February 12, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with ex-Middle East envoy Dennis Ross, of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, about the deteriorating relationship between the U.S. and Israel.

Comment

The U.S. is demanding Iran rein in its proxy groups. Is that actually possible?

Tuesday, February 06, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Norman Roule, a veteran of the CIA and former mission manager for Iran for the Director of National Intelligence, about the so-called "Axis of Resistance."

Comment

Tracy Sierra's debut novel 'Nightwatching' is a chilling thriller

Tuesday, February 06, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Tracy Sierra about her debut novel, the psychological thriller Nightwatching.

Comment

Recent violence raises questions about why U.S. has so many troops in the Middle East

Monday, February 05, 2024

Last week, an attack on an American military outpost in Jordan killed three U.S. soldiers and injured dozens more. This base raises the question of why American troops are stationed in this region.

Comment

In surprising move, Lewis Hamilton ditches Mercedes, will join Ferrari

Thursday, February 01, 2024

NPR's Mary Louie Kelly speaks with The Athletic reporter Madeline Coleman about the big news out of Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton is joining Ferrari.

Comment

Meet the 'chicken from hell' 2.0: a newly discovered dinosaur

Thursday, February 01, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Kyle Atkins-Weltman, a PhD student of paleoecology at Oklahoma State University, about a newly discovered dinosaur dubbed the "chicken from hell".

Comment

North Korea is ramping up missile tests as Kim Jung Un weighs war with South Korea

Thursday, February 01, 2024

North Korea test-fired cruise missiles from its western coast for the third time this week, as Kim Jung Un warns of war with South Korea. Is it rhetoric or has North Korea decided to go to war?

Comment

A new expanded child tax credit would include families who need it most

Thursday, February 01, 2024

The new tax bill passed expands the Child Tax Credit but doesn't include monthly payments. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks about the changes with Kris Cox of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Comment

U.S. students are starting to catch up in school — unless they're from a poor area

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

New reports show a big academic recovery after schools reopened. But not for all students. Stanford professor Sean Reardon tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly how the pandemic worsened education inequality.

Comment

New book finds Trump's plot to overturn 2020 election 'crazier than anybody imagined'

Monday, January 29, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with journalists Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman about their new book, Find Me The Votes.

Comment

New Brennan Center senior advisor warns of the threat that Trump poses to democracy

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Journalist Barton Gellman has covered national security issues for many years. He now joins the Brennan Center as senior advisor on attacks on democracy around the 2024 election.

Comment

Mexico's lawsuit against American gun manufacturers is revived by appeals court

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

An appeals court revived a lawsuit brought by Mexico against U.S. gun manufacturers, whose guns fueled violence by cartels. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the country's co-counsel, Jonathan Lowy.

Comment