Kelly McEvers
Kelly McEvers is a two-time Peabody Award-winning journalist and former host of NPR's flagship newsmagazine, All Things Considered. She spent much of her career as an international correspondent, reporting from Asia, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East. She is the creator and host of the acclaimed Embedded podcast, a documentary show that goes to hard places to make sense of the news. She began her career as a newspaper reporter in Chicago.
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The Oscar-nominated documentary Bobi Wine: The People's President is the gripping story of Ugandan singer Bobi Wine and his campaign against the country's long-standing president.
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Are you in a dispute with close friends or relatives about "social distancing"? Are you in danger of becoming estranged from loved ones over these issues? NPR's Embedded podcast wants to know.
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The government says domestic terrorism is a top national security threat, and is on the rise. School teachers throughout the country are struggling to find ways to prevent students from radicalizing.
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After the August shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, authorities started arresting people they suspected of planning more violence. NPR's Embedded podcast took a look at one of these arrests.
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In 1990, Mitch McConnell returned a $1,000 campaign donation from Donald Trump, who was in severe financial trouble. It's a view into a complicated relationship between two very different politicians.
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In Florida, about 1.5 million people are barred from voting because they have a past felony conviction. To get back the right to vote, they have to ask the governor directly. This year, voters will decide whether to change this practice.
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Nageeb Alomari is an American citizen from Yemen. When the civil war started there, Alomari decided to bring his wife and daughters to the U.S. But then President Trump imposed the travel ban.
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This summer, the Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration's travel ban, meaning people from Libya, Iran, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, North Korea, and Venezuela cannot get visas to the U.S. But there is an exception: waivers.
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Despite a recent upturn in the industry, it's still difficult for young people to secure jobs working in coal. Embedded's Kelly McEvers and Chris Benderev report on a man from Central Appalachia.
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Kyle Johnson is a young man who wants to be a coal miner more than anything. NPR's Embedded podcast follows his search for a job in a region where the future of coal is in question.