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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The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976. -
If you had any doubts, we can clear them up now. Emo music not only still exists — it's thriving. -
In a new interview with NPR, Ketanji Brown Jackson talks about ethics in the Supreme Court, as well as stories about family, marriage and parenthood. -
A team of NPR journalists spent more than two weeks covering the Paris Summer Olympics. Here are some of our highlight moments from seeing the Games up close. -
The United States struggled most of the game against a tenacious French team that was powered by a boisterous home crowd. The U.S. women's basketball team has not lost at the Olympics since 1992. -
It's the first Olympic gold medal for the U.S. women's national team since 2012. The win against Brazil is another sign of the U.S. transformation after falling short in a string of major tournaments. -
Ashleigh Johnson is one of the best water polo goalkeepers in the world. Can she guide the U.S. women's team to another Olympic gold? -
Expectations are high that a member of the U.S. women’s weightlifting team could win gold at the Olympics. And among the team’s most promising athletes is 21-year-old Olivia Reeves.
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There's still a week's worth of medals to be handed out, as competitions ramp up in track and field, soccer and boxing. The excitement has yet to begin in breaking, Taekwondo and weightlifting. -
At the Paris Olympics, the beach volleyball stadium, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, has been one of the most in-demand venues. It’s an energetic, club-like experience for the crowd, and the beach volleyball athletes who play there say it’s iconic.
