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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At Fivex3 Training, a gym in Baltimore, several mornings a week are reserved for older people to train. -
Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport and it's also popular with older athletes. All Things Considered went to the Florida Senior Games this month in Pasco County to find out why. -
Want to start a new fitness activity? These older athletes have ideas. -
Last week's earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County triggered a tsunami warning urging people across a huge swath of California and Oregon to evacuate. Why aren't tsunami warnings more precise?
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A group of women who've been walking their local mall together for decades share the ways their commitments to movement, and each other, have enriched their lives and health.
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DeEtte Sauer, 83, went from being a girl who wasn't allowed to participate in sports, to an elite swimmer as a senior. She talks with NPR's Juana Summers about what being active means to her.
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Older folks interested in lifting weights flock to a gym in Baltimore, where the trainer has special expertise in working with people in their 60s, 70s and 80s to build strength and independence.
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Getting or staying active has a wide variety of health benefits as people age. They can include everything from stronger bones to improved mental wellbeing.
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With a race that was expected to be historically tight behind us, the question is: How did Trump win so decisively? -
The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976.
