Mary Louise Kelly
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Politics
How President Zelenskyy's wartime leadership has transformed his image
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Emily Harding, who has been tracking the Russian invasion from the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, on Zelenskyy's wartime leadership.
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Politics
The Jan. 6 panel says Trump likely broke laws in trying to overturn the election
In a court filing, the select committee says evidence "provides, at minimum, a good-faith basis for concluding" that Trump broke the law with his efforts to obstruct the counting of electoral votes.
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World
One witness describes the Russian invasion of Ukraine: 'I woke up and heard bombing'
When 22-year-old college student Vitaliy Shutov went to bed last night, he didn't think a Russian invasion of Ukraine would actually happen. Then he woke to the sounds of explosions.
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Politics
Why Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons — and what that means in an invasion by Russia
Three decades ago, the newly independent country of Ukraine was briefly the third-largest nuclear power in the world. A lot has changed since then.
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Health
Why this USAID official is optimistic the U.S. can get the world vaccinated
Jeremy Konyndyk, executive director of USAID's Covid task force, shares his perspective on the U.S.' efforts to donate and distribute vaccines to low-income nations.
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World
The world worries of a Russian attack. But for these Ukrainians, war is already here
NPR travelled to the "temporarily occupied territories" on the Ukraine-Russia border, where the people who live there are in limbo – cut off from Ukraine, cut off from Russia, cut off from the world.
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World
The world worries of a Russian incursion. In Donbas, Ukrainians already live with war
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports from Donbas region of Ukraine as its residents live under the threat of a Russian incursion and cope with eight years of tensions and fighting along the border.
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World
A bridge separates 2 realities at the frontier of Russian-occupied Ukraine
Russia is threatening to invade Ukraine. But in the eastern region of Donbas, war has been underway since Russia-backed separatists moved in and declared breakaway republics in 2014.
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National
Eric Gales reclaims his place as a blues guitar icon
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Eric Gales — who was once a guitar prodigy — about reclaiming a career that was stalled by drug addiction and prison time.
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National
She helped fight for Ukraine's democracy. She hopes it survives
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Hanna Hopko, an original leader of Ukraine's EuroMaidan protests in 2014 about whether Ukrainians can stand up to the threat of Russian aggression.