Juana Summers
Juana Summers is a political reporter for NPR covering demographics and culture. 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. Summers is also a competitive pinball player and sits on the board of the International Flipper Pinball Association (IFPA), the governing body for competitive pinball events around the world.
She is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism and a native of Kansas City, Mo.
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Activists plan to hold President-elect Biden accountable on an agenda for climate, gun control and racial justice. But a divided Congress may limit their expectations.
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Harris is the first woman, the first Black person and the first Asian American elected vice president of the United States. Her rise marks a statement about a changing nation.
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Democrats have long cited the growing Latino population to win states such as Florida, Texas and Arizona. But Biden's performance concerned members of his party — and may have cost him votes.
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The investment, shared first with NPR, comes as the campaigns of both President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have focused intently on Black male voters.
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Five days after President Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, and with the commander in chief hospitalized, the White House is struggling to show it has the situation under control.
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An Atlanta director says no one is engaging with Black men about the upcoming election. Her approach took politics inside the strip club with the video "Get Your Booty To The Poll."
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Here is a sampling of what the president has said and when, including that time he said a "miracle" might make the pandemic "disappear."
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The survey also finds that far more Americans under 30 say they'll "definitely" be voting than said the same in 2016.
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Some young Republican activists are concerned about the future of the GOP. It's now totally defined by President Trump, who is overwhelmingly rejected by their peers.
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Sen. Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic vice presidential nomination on Wednesday. Her education at a historically Black university seen as the center of Black intellectual life helped pave the way.