Mary Louise Kelly

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to author Jennet Conant about her new book Fierce Ambition, a biography about Pulitzer prize winning war correspondent Maggie Higgins.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Tom Dannenbaum, who teaches international law at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, about the law of armed conflict in the Israel-Hamas war.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Jon Finer, Principal Deputy National Security Advisor to the president, on how the United States feels about Israel's ground assault in Gaza.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, leader of the Palestinian National Initiative, about the intensifying violence in the Hamas-Israel war and its impact on the West Bank.

As the war between Hamas and Israel rages on, the diaspora is feeling the pain of discrimination. Advocacy groups in the U.S. report a spike in threats of harassment and violence.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with country artist Jessi Colter on her latest record, "Edge of Forever."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Muhammad Hawajreh, a nurse and medical coordinator for Doctors without Borders in Gaza City, which may soon run out of fuel to power its generators.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former CIA chief of station in the Middle East John Franchi about the State Department's "Worldwide Caution" travel advisory issued to U.S. citizens.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the executive director of the World Food Program, Cindy McCain, about the urgency of humanitarian need in Gaza.

Qatar has stepped in as a mediator, negotiating Hamas' release of four hostages who had been held since the Oct. 7 massacre that claimed 1,400 lives.

You know that old saying about being able to walk and chew gum at the same time? Julianne Smith, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, is living it.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith about how the U.S. can support both Israel and Ukraine.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Danielle Gershkovich, sister of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained by Russian security services more than six months ago.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Aaron David Miller, the State Department's former deputy special Middle East coordinator, about the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza and the U.S. response.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with John Kirby, spokesperson for the National Security Council, about the Biden administration's response to the weekend attacks on Israel.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Times of Israel correspondent Tal Schneider and University of Maryland professor Shibley Telhami about how Israel and Hamas reached this point and what comes next.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Tony Allen, Delaware State University president and chairman of the Biden administration's Board of Advisors on HBCUs, about the funding shortfall HBCUs have faced.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Scott Douglas, contributor for Runner's World, about 23-year-old Kelvin Kiptum's record-breaking marathon run on Sunday.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with David McCloskey, whose new spy versus spy novel Moscow X is about a CIA officer scheming to recruit a Russian intelligence officer — and vice versa.

The Army hasn't met its annual recruitment goal for nearly a decade. The Pentagon says it's changing it recruitment strategy — and bringing back its iconic 1980s ad campaign.