Juana Summers
Juana Summers is a political reporter for NPR covering demographics and culture. 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. Summers is also a competitive pinball player and sits on the board of the International Flipper Pinball Association (IFPA), the governing body for competitive pinball events around the world.
She is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism and a native of Kansas City, Mo.
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The legislation would create a commission that would study the effects of slavery and racial discrimination, hold hearings and recommend "appropriate remedies" to Congress. -
President Biden announced a number of executive actions intended to curb what he called an "epidemic" of gun deaths and injuries in America, and pressed Congress to also act.
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Gun violence prevention advocates are heralding the proposed funding, saying it would be a historic investment in urban communities.
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Gun violence prevention advocates were stunned when Biden said infrastructure would remain his next priority. Private White House efforts to avoid reactively dealing with guns also raised questions.
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President Biden is urging Congress to pass gun control measures. That includes some popular provisions that remain stalled, even with Democratic control in Washington.
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AAPI civil rights groups have been meeting with the Biden administration about addressing the rise in violence toward Asian Americans. The president and vice president have openly condemned the trend.
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An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows 1 in 4 Black people do not plan to get vaccinated. Despite the attention on concern among Blacks, nearly 30% of whites feel the same way.
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With Democrats in full control of Congress, lawmakers hope that the legislation will find more support. Efforts to pass tougher gun control laws have repeatedly failed despite recent mass shootings.
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A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is introducing a measure that would require background checks for all gun sales.
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The White House is consulting young activists on a range of policy, but they are still pressing Biden publicly for aggressive action on immigration, gun control and other issues.
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Voto Latino is encouraging members of Congress to learn to speak Spanish fluently and pressing them to reach out to Latino constituents in substantive ways between campaign seasons.
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The advocacy group Voto Latino is stressing the need for year-round, bilingual engagement with Latino constituents. They're also calling out feeble attempts many candidates make to speak Spanish.
