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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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Craig Fugate, former FEMA administrator, about the challenges the U.S. faces with the impending arrival of Hurricane Milton weeks after Hurricane Helene.
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It's less than a month until voting ends in this election, and it is going to be close. Here's what to expect from polls, politics and Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump.
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Israel’s airstrikes in Lebanon have forced more and more people from their homes. The U.S. State Department is urging American citizens in Lebanon to leave the country all together.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Politico reporter Joe Anuta about indicted Mayor Eric Adams' relationship with Turkish officials.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Nick Kryczka about the American Historical Association's new report on how U.S. history is taught in middle and high schools across America.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with video game writer Ash Parrish about Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, the latest game in the franchise and one of the only where Princess Zelda is the hero.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with NFL legend and current Fox football analyst Tom Brady about his efforts to get more young people involved in donating blood.
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Lebanon Health Minister Firass Abiad speaks with NPR's Juana Summers on how his hospital system is coping with some of the deadliest airstrikes the country has seen in decades.
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The state of Nebraska has five electoral votes for president, but there’s a catch: Their election laws are written in such a way that those five votes can be split.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with IU Health University Hospital's Dr. William Goggins, who has performed more than 3,000 kidney transplants, about his patients and this milestone.