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 Jason Rezaian, who was imprisoned in Iran when he was the Tehran correspondent for The Washington Post, about the country's current wave of protest.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Science correspondent Richard Stone about recent developments in the search for Leonardo da Vinci's DNA.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks to author Rosie Storey about an exploration of love, loss, and lies in the new novel Dandelion is Dead.
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Poet Amanda Gorman wrote a poem for Renee Good, who was killed by an ICE officer this week. Gorman reads her poem and speaks on its meaning.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks to Naaja Nathanielsen, a government minister in Greenland, about President Trump's latest threats to buy or acquire the territory, and how Greenlanders are responding.
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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 Cherien Dabis about All That's Left of You. She channels her family's history for the movie about Palestinians displaced during the creation of the state of Israel.
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Nearly 20 years ago, the last known Cascades frog disappeared from Lassen Volcanic National Park. Now researchers are bringing them back, hoping the frogs can stage a comeback.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Gabriela Mesones Rojo, an independent journalist in Caracas, about the mood in Venezuela and what she's hearing from people about their hopes for the country.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with publisher Michael Szczerban about the new full English translation of the classic Italian cookbook, The Talisaman of Happiness by Ada Boni.
