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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A long-standing legal principle -- that judges should not make changes to voting or election rules too close to an election -- is prompting questions and criticism this election season.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., about his concerns with the so-called Anti-Weaponization Fund.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Jack Schlossberg, Democratic candidate for New York's 12th Congressional District and the grandson of President John F. Kennedy.
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NPR's Juana Summers talk with Mike Reid, the former chief science officer of PEPFAR, about why he resigned over concerns about America's global health strategy.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap of the Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap about their new album Fenian. -
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author Belle Burden about her memoir Strangers, and the powerful response the book is having.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with the runner Mary Cain about her book This Is Not About Running, which deals with the harassment and abuse she says she experienced as a young runner.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Christian Turner, the United Kingdom ambassador to the United States, about current tensions between the two countries and King Charles' state visit to D.C. this week.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Elisabeth Braw, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, about shadow vessels, after the U.S. military's seizure of two Iranian-linked oil tankers.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Adjoa Andoh, the inaugural Director's Resident at the Folger Shakespeare Library, about Shakespeare's relevance in modern times, and specifically to people of color.
