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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There are attempts across the nation to reimagine public safety. In Baltimore, the Safe Streets program seeks to stem violence by interrupting it before it happens. The work can be dangerous.
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Juana Summers speaks to actress Storm Reid. She plays Gia, the sister of a teenager struggling with drug addiction, on season 2 of the HBO show "Euphoria."
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Juana Summers talks with David Rafferty and Blanca Noriega of the Banned Book Club in Tacoma, Wash., about the value they see in reading books some find objectionable.
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Juana Summers asks Houston Chronicle entertainment writer Andrew Dansby to remember Steve Goertz, a reader who responded to every article Dansby published.
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Juana Summers asks Peter Stano, lead spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy for the European Union, about the Ukraine crisis.
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Juana Summers speaks to Wilson Center fellow Nina Jankowicz about disinformation in pregnancy apps.
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Juana Summers talks to blues musician Keb' Mo' about his roots and the story of his music in the new album, "Good To Be."
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Lunar New Year is just two days away, and members of the Asian Diaspora prepare to celebrate in new ways — while honoring older traditions.
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Juana Summers talks to author Tochi Onyebuchi about his new novel, "Goliath," which imagines a futuristic world that is plagued by the same racial and socioeconomic injustices we see today.
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Juana Summers speaks to TRT correspondent Soraya Lennie about how the Taliban are governing, and how Afghans are weighing formal recognition of the Taliban and receiving international aid.