Juana Summers
Juana Summers is a host of NPR's All Things Considered. She joined the show in June 2022.
Summers previously spent more than a decade covering national politics, most recently as NPR's political correspondent covering race, justice and politics.
She covered the 2012, 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, and has also previously covered Congress for NPR. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications across multiple platforms, including Politico, CNN, Mashable and The Associated Press.
In 2016, Summers was a fellow at the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service.
She got her start in public radio at KBIA in Columbia, Mo., on the campus of the University of Missouri. 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 Seth Moulton, Democratic Congressman and current Senate candidate, about reports of troubling conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Amanda Litman, co-founder of the PAC Run For Something, about the results from the Aug. 11 Democratic primary elections.
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The Washington Post reports that President Trump secretly left Turkey on a military jet after a threat from Iran, while reporters flew on a decoy plane believing he was with them.
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The Illharmonic Orchestra blends hip-hop and classical music during live performances. Its leaders tell NPR's Juana Summers how they build community with their shows, which feature all-Black musicians. -
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore about July 5th Martyrs Day – a day to commemorate those who gave their lives in the pursuit of equality and civil rights.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with University of Virginia law professor Amanda Frost about the Supreme Court decision rejecting President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Brooke Migdon of The 19th about the Supreme Court upholding bans on transgender athletes participating in women and girls' sports.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with AP reporter Jim Mustian, whose investigation found that federal drug agents allowed large quantities of fentanyl onto New Mexico streets in order to make bigger cases.
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In South Africa and Mozambique, health care providers say cancellation or redirection of U.S. PEPFAR funding under the Trump administration have already endangered vulnerable people and cost lives. -
A program focused on HIV prevention specifically for adolescent girls and young women ended following funding cuts by the Trump administration. What do women who benefited from DREAMS have to say?
