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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Artist Antonio Alcala gets the stamp of approval for his new USPS postage stamp.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and Giffords Executive Director Emma Brown about their efforts to stop gun violence.
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says a plan unveiled Thursday to take the first steps toward universal childcare for kids under five shows New Yorkers that "democracy can actually deliver for them." -
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith about the Minneapolis shooting in which an ICE agent killed a 37-year-old woman.
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Trump administration officials say changes to federal agencies engaged in science were made in the interests of better science that benefits more Americans. Many scientists we spoke with disagree.
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Government grazing permits are much cheaper than market price, and a new investigation by High Country News and ProPublica finds most of the cost savings benefit billionaire ranchers and corporations.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Katelyn Vue, a reporter from Sahan Journal, a news outlet focused on immigrants and people of color in Minnesota, about President Trump's attacks on Somali people.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Luke Goldstein of The Lever, who wrote about the rise of private equity control of youth hockey facilities.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with The Atlantic staff writer Nick Miroff about the increasing role of Customs and Border Protection officers in immigration enforcement operations.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with John King, Chancellor of State University of New York and former education secretary, about the changes at the U.S. Department of Education this week.
