Juana Summers
Juana Summers is a political correspondent for NPR covering race, justice and politics. She has covered politics since 2010 for publications including Politico, CNN and The Associated Press. She got her start in public radio at KBIA in Columbia, Mo., and also previously covered Congress for NPR.
She appears regularly on television and radio outlets to discuss national politics. In 2016, Summers was a fellow at Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service.
She is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism and is originally from Kansas City, Mo.
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=Republican strategist Sarah Longwell and Democratic strategist and pollster Anna Greenberg talk about what drove Trump's victory and what it tells us about the future of U.S. politics.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with state Senator-elect Sarah McBride, a Democrat, who won in Delaware. She is the first openly transgender member of any state senate, among other national firsts.
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The number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it’s been since 1976.
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The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976.
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After the WNBA's record setting year, players are pushing for their salaries to match. The WNBA's union has rejected their collective bargaining agreement and could strike if a deal is not met.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Olivia Kuan about her documentary, The Herricanes, about her mom's professional football career and the National Women's Football League.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks to Jessica Marsden, lawyer at Protect Democracy, about legal battles that are likely to follow the election, and how they might shape the outcome of the 2024 election.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with musician Wyatt Flores about his new album Welcome to the Plains and his honesty around mental health.
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Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic talks with NPR's Juana Summers about former President Donald J. Trump's perspective on military personnel.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with David Scott, Associated Press Decision Desk editor, about the 2024 presidential election and how AP calls races.